Anya’s research focused on exploring the deeper implications of quantum entanglement. She wasn’t just interested in the technical aspects; she wanted to understand the philosophical implications, to probe the connection between the quantum realm and the nature of consciousness itself. Was consciousness, like quantum entanglement, a fundamental aspect of the universe’s fabric, an interconnected web that bound all things together? The ancient texts she’d studied as a child in her grandmother’s small village in the Himalayas, filled with stories of interconnectedness and the illusion of separateness, now echoed in the data streaming across her screens.