CommentRead an extract from In Ascension by Martin MacInnes In this tantalising extract from Martin MacInnes’s new science fiction novel, the latest pick for the New ¾«¶«´«Ã½ Book Club, his protagonist Leigh has an epiphany while underwater Culture
MindCan quantum hints in the brain revive a radical consciousness theory? With anaesthetics and brain organoids, we are finally testing the idea that quantum effects explain consciousness – and the early results suggest this long-derided idea may have been misconstrued Features