Most neuroscientists locate consciousness in our wrinkly cortexes, the outer layer of our brains where thought and sensation are supposed to live. But a growing band of rebels says the lights of experience may switch on far deeper, in the brain’s ancient core. And that cracks the door open to an even stranger idea. Could awareness be everywhere?

The biggest AI companies on Earth have started investigating whether their own chatbots have feelings. The sharpest sceptics say we cannot even frame the question properly. Either way soon we probably won't be able to tell the difference. Ethical dilemma anyone?

How do you read a 2,000 year old scroll cooked to a crisp by no less than Mt Vesuvius? Hint, it’s the same imaging tech we use to design cutting edge cancer drugs.

On 29 June, the Large Hadron Collider smashes its last protons for four long years. NerdNews raises a glass to the 27-kilometre marvel that caught the Higgs, and peers down the tunnel at what its supercharged successor might find.

it’s time to strip down, grit your teeth, and ask the question: is jumping into freezing water actually good for you, or are we all just performing wellness theatre for Instagram?