Consciousness

Karl Deisseroth developed astounding technologies that light up the brain and render it transparent. Yet some of his most compelling breakthroughs still come from listening to patients.

Michael Pollan explores the neuroscience of psychedelics in this excerpt from his new book.

With better CPR techniques, more people might live to tell the tale of what happens right before everything slips away.

Emotions don’t get in the way of rational thought, says Antonio Damasio. They make it possible.

Step one: breathe…