The Conversation Documentaries
By The Conversation
The Conversation Documentaries (formerly The Anthill) is podcast from The Conversation UK. Our documentary series cover everything from science to the environment, politics, culture and economics. We unearth new stories from the world of academia and talk to experts to shed light on some of the big questions of today. The Conversation is a not-for-profit independent media organisation and our journalists work with academics to help share their research knowledge with as many people as possible.
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Latest episode
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Know your place: what happened to class in British politics – trailer
Hosted by The Conversation UK's senior politics editor, Laura Hood. -
An update and a name change
The Anthill is changing its name to The Conversation Documentaries -
Theory of everything: do we really need one?
Our two best theories of nature, quantum mechanics and general relativity, are incompatible with each other in many ways – leaving physicists to dig deeper. -
Will we ever have a fundamental theory of life and consciousness?
Life may be using quantum mechanics to its advantage -
Quantum mechanics: does objective reality exist?
Some physicists don't believe that quantum mechanics is a perfect description of objective reality. But not everyone is worried. -
Is there a multiverse?
The idea that there could be other parts of the cosmos with different physical laws, processes and histories is hard to ignore -
Fundamental constants: is the universe fine tuned for life to exist?
We are pretty lucky to have a gravity on Earth that is just right for life. -
Is time an illusion?
Time may be moving backwards as well as forwards, or all at once – even if it doesn’t seem like it is. -
Uncharted Brain 3: the role viruses may play in Alzheimer’s
Do viruses play a role in the development of Alzheimer’s? -
Uncharted Brain 2 : the family trauma of dementia from sports injuries
Families of athletes with dementia linked to brain trauma on watching somebody you love disappear
