The Conversation Weekly

Beavers and oysters are helping restore lost ecosystems with their engineering skills

Beavers and oysters are ecosystem engineers that provide important structure for entire ecosystems

Discovery: Secretly documenting starvation in the Warsaw Ghetto

In the midst of World War II, a team of Jewish doctors secretly documented the effects of starvation on the human body when the Nazis severely limited the amount of food available in the Jewish ghetto.

Social welfare is getting cut globally but not because governments can't afford them

We talk to experts about how the provision of social welfare services is under threat, and what actions governments may need to take to ensure better access

Discovery: Reindeer's fascinating color-changing eyes

No bright red noses needed to guide these visually adept creatures

James Webb Telescope reveals unexpectedly busy early universe

If you want to know what happened in the earliest years of the universe, you are going to need a very big, very specialized telescope. Much to the joy of astronomers and space fans everywhere, the world has one – the 

Changing a nation's diet

China wants more people to eat potatoes – how changing national diets could help fix our global food crisis

Discovery: how celebrity footballers can help reduce prejudice against minorities

Part of our series of bonus episodes telling the story behind new research discoveries from around the world.

Young people’s shifting relationship with alcohol

Why youth drinking is declining in some countries but not others

Treating mental illness with electricity

Old ideas are being married with modern tech and understanding of the brain

Uncharted Brain 3: the role viruses may play in Alzheimer’s

Part 3 of a series exploring the work of researchers decoding dementia