Consciousness has long been the third rail of biology: Touch it — and maybe you don’t die, but you are unlikely to get tenure. It helps, of course, if you are a Nobel laureate, such as Francis Crick ...

You have undoubtedly heard the famous phrase “I think, therefore I am.” Written oftentimes in its Latin form, the saying is known as ergo cogito, ergo sum. If you want to be smarmy and impress your ...