From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Challenging conventional wisdom, modern science explores concepts that redefine life and death, suggesting death might be a mental illusion. Biocentrism posits that consciousness shapes the universe, ...

**This episode originally aired October 4, 2016. Fast on the heels of our episode on pansychism, Paul Kennedy has his understanding of reality turned-upside-down by Dr. Robert Lanza in this ...

The 21st century is predicted to be the Century of Biology, a shift from the previous century dominated by physics. It seems fitting, then, to begin the century by turning the universe outside-in and ...

The idea that the cosmos might be alive is moving from late-night speculation into serious, if controversial, scientific conversation. Instead of treating life as a rare accident in a dead universe, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deepak Chopra lends his support to stem-cell biologist Robert Lanza and theoretical physicist Matej Pavšič's new book The Grand ...

In the movie Avatar, humans mine a lush moon inhabited by blue-skinned extraterrestrials, the Na’vi, who live in harmony with nature. Human military forces destroy their habitat, despite objections ...

Mounting scientific evidence points to an astounding conclusion about a familiar, everyday (or every night) phenomenon: dreams. During dreams we experience an awesome occurrence: the ability to turn ...

While the religious would argue that life on earth is a mere warm up for an eternity spent in heaven or hell, and many scientists would dismiss the concept for lack of proof – one expert claims he has ...