Uncharted Brain 1: a lifelong study unlocks clues to Alzheimer’s
This week we're running a three-part series called Uncharted Brain: Decoding Dementia exploring new research searching for answers to how dementia works in the brain and the damage it leaves behind. T...
17 Nov 202229min
Africa's stolen objects: what happens after they return
Momentum is growing for objects stolen during the colonial era that are now held in museums in Europe and North America to be returned to the places and communities that they were taken from. We talk ...
10 Nov 202233min
How to depolarize deeply divided societies
From the US, to Brazil, to India, deepening political polarisation is used as a frame through which to see a lot of 21st century politics. But what can actually be done to depolarise deeply divided so...
3 Nov 202239min
Discovery: celibacy's surprising evolutionary advantages
Welcome to the first episode of Discovery, a new series via The Conversation Weekly where we hear the stories behind new research discoveries from around the world. In this episode, Ruth Mace, profess...
31 Okt 202216min
Radiation, pollution and urbanization are taking over natural selection
Humans do a lot of different things to the environment, and there aren’t many natural processes that can rival the scale of changes brought on by human activity. In this episode, we speak to three exp...
27 Okt 202240min
When digital nomads come to town
Digital nomads who work as they travel are often attracted by a life of freedom far removed from the daily office grind. Many head to cities that have become known hotspots for remote workers. In this...
20 Okt 202240min
Inside Brazil’s divisive gun debate
Soon after Jair Bolsonaro’s election as president of Brazil in 2018, he began making it a lot easier for people in the country to buy guns. In this episode, we speak to two experts about Brazil’s boom...
13 Okt 202235min
Secretive lawsuits by fossil fuel companies could hold back climate action
A new barrier to climate action is opening up in an obscure and secretive part of international trade law which fossil fuel investors are using to sue countries if policy decisions go against them. We...
6 Okt 202241min
