The quest for a theory of everything – explaining all the forces and particles in the universe – is arguably... more

What’s the difference between a living collection of matter, such as a tortoise, and an inanimate lump of it, such... more

It is hard to shake the intuition that there's a real and objective physical world out there. If I see... more

Interest in the multiverse theory, suggesting that our universe is just one of many, has spiked since the movie Everything... more

Imagine a universe with extremely strong gravity. Stars would be able to form from very little material. They would be... more

Without a sense of time, leading us from cradle to grave, our lives would make little sense. But on the... more

There are many competing theories about what causes Alzheimer's disease. For more than 30 years, Ruth Itzhaki has been accumulating... more

Dementia doesn’t just affect older people. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a form of dementia that athletes from a whole... more

Scientists have been doing an array of regular health checks on the same group of people since they were born... more

Uncharted Brain: decoding dementia is a new series from The Conversation exploring new research unlocking clues to the ongoing mystery... more