The neglect of working-class voters in the past few decades has had profound consequences for British political life. Disillusioned with... more

After the 2024 election, the British parliament looks very different, with a large Labour majority for the first time in... more

In the third part of Know Your Place: what happened to class in British politics, we explore how class is... more

In the second episode of Know Your Place: what happened to class in British politics, host Laura Hood, senior politics... more

In the first episode of our new podcast series Know Your Place: what happened to class in British politics, host... more

The relationship between class and political preference in Britain used to be clear cut – Labour for the working class,... more

We’re changing our name, from The Anthill, to The Conversation Documentaries! Over the last few years we’ve used The Anthill podcast... more

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

A good negotiation is supposed to leave everyone feeling a little unsatisfied. So what happened at the world's biggest one... more

Locked out of conferences and company boardrooms, young people have tried to influence the international response to the climate crisis... more

In the shift away from fossil fuels, how do countries make sure not to widen inequalities in the process? In... more