Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: For decades, one of the best tools for probing the nature of human consciousness has been medicine’s most reliable method for switching it off: ...

Anesthesia is an important tool for exploring human consciousness, but scientists still aren’t quite sure how it works, despite using it on patients for 170 years. A new study analyzes the brain under ...

If you’ve ever had surgery, you’ve probably wondered about how anesthesia works, or maybe even lied awake at night anxious about going under. If you’ve ever been there, I’m sure you remember: Right ...

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