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In case you missed it, Futureproof Extra gives you the chance to catch up on the latest interviews from last Saturday's show.

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    • Feb 28, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    Futureproof Extra: How The World's Oldest Trees Have Lived So Long

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2023 14:29


    Here Jonathan McCrea speaks with Jared Farmer, historian, geohumanist and author of “Elderflora: A Modern History of Ancient Trees”, who studies landscapes and environments. Listen and subscribe to Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.    Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.     You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

    Why Are We So Obsessed With Measuring Time?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2022 16:43


    Now, while we may not be aware of it, each and every one of us is a slave to an unseen and unknowable master. It rules the sun and the earth, roving the cosmos with indifference - presiding over the birth and death of stars and galaxies and every living thing.It is Time. And, consequently, we have a long-standing obsession with measuring it. But just how far back does that obsession go? Chad Orzel, Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Union College in Schenectady, NY, and author of ‘A Brief History of Timekeeping – The Science of Marking Time, from Stonehenge to Atomic Clocks' joined Jonathan to discuss. Listen and subscribe to Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.    Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.     You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

    Why Do We Dream?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2021 18:26


    Now, when you lay your heads down to sleep at night, you might do so with the lingering hope that you'll have sweet, and pleasant dreams. But so often dreams are bizarre and non-sensical,  but why do we do it? What is it that causes us to hallucinate while unconscious? Is it some sort of biological inheritance that serves no function or are we being trained by our minds to expect anomaly and change? Erik Hoel is a neuroscientist, neuro-philosopher and author of the novel ‘The Revelations'. He joined Jonathan to discuss Dreams and how they are more than simply images that accost us when we go to sleep. He argues that dreams serve a much more important purpose than they have previously been credited with, not so much random images and scenarios but something else entirely. Listen and subscribe to Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.    Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.     You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'. Photo by Merlin lightpainting from Pexels

    Treating cancer as a chronic disease

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2019 14:55


    What if we managed cancer treatment like a chronic disease? Bob A. Gatenby, chairman of the Department of Radiology at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Co-Director of the Cancer Biology and Evolution Program is on the program to discuss his work and a different approach to treating cancer.

    Futureproof Extra: Whats So Great About Humans?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2019 16:58


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    The Brain's Navigation System

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2019 35:00


    Jonathan speaks to Jacob Bellmund - Cognitive Neuroscientist at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences - about how the brain's navigation system works. We're also joined by Dr Shane Bergin and Dr Susan Kelleher for all the latest science stories for Newsround, plus Jonathan responds to all your texts and tweets.

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    Explaining The Quantum World... Sort of

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2019 20:52


    How can something be in two places at once? How can objects in completely different locations affect each other instantaneously? These are just some of the questions that quantum physicists must try to answer? And indeed, many have tried! So what conclusions have they arrived at? Jonathan asks Visiting Fellow in Astronomy at the University of Sussex and Author of Six Impossible Things, John Gribbin for some answers.

    Futureproof Extra: The Monarch Butterfly

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2019 16:11


    Medical science is one of our greatest accomplishments as a species. The ability to fight disease and infection is perhaps one of the primary reasons we have managed not just to survive but to flourish. But what if the ability to combat disease was not just one we humans had? What if insects could do the same? Jonathan is joined by Jaap de Roode, Associate Professor of Biology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia to discuss his work on Monarch butterflies and what we can learn from these small but fascinating creatures.

    Venom

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2019 13:44


    Humans have an instinctive fear of large cats, or bears, or crocodiles, essentially anything big enough to maul us to death. It makes sense. But why are we afraid of spiders, snakes or insects? It almost certainly comes down to one of evolution’s great levellers. Venom. So what exactly is Venom? How does it work and how can we turn it to our advantage? Jonathan is joined by John Dunbar from the School of Natural Sciences at the Ryan Institute in NUI Galway

    Futureproof Extra: LOFAR, Blazars, & Mapping New Galaxies

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2019 13:31


    When you think of a telescope you might picture a long tube with lenses, mirrors and a tripod picking up the light that is visible to us. But there are actually several different types that pick up other wavelengths we can’t see. Dotted across Europe, the The Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) radio telescope network is attempting to map the entire night sky, and one of them located right here in Ireland. Sean Mooney, PhD student at UCD School of Physics and member of the LOFAR Surveys Key Science Project joins Jonathan in studio to discuss.

    Futureproof Extra: In the Midst of Gorillas

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2019 15:36


    Dr Michael Leach, full time wildlife author and photographer, joins Jonathan to discuss his time living with the mountain gorillas of Rwanda.

    Futureproof Extra: Endoterrestrials

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2019 13:24


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    Futureproof Extra: Gum Disease, Bacteria and Reported Links to Alzheimer's

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2019 14:37


    Jonathan discusses recent developments in Alzheimer's Disease research where a bacteria linked to gum disease could lead to results in treating the disease.

    Futureproof Extra: The Tales Teeth Tell

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2019 15:06


    https://www.newstalk.com//podcasts/futureproof-with-jonathan-mccrea/futureproof-extra-the-tales-teeth-tell906Tue, 19 Feb 2019 09:18:26 +0000https://www.newstalk.co

    Futureproof Extra: Bubbles, Ducks & Everyday Physics

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2019 13:41


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    Futureproof Extra:Elements Alchemy & The Periodic Table

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2019 12:02


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    Futureproof Extra: The Speed of Evolution

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2019 13:59


    https://www.newstalk.com//podcasts/futureproof-with-jonathan-mccrea/futureproof-extra-the-speed-of-evolution839Tue, 19 Feb 2019 09:18:05 +0000https://www.newstalk.

    Futureproof Extra: Replaying Evolution & Texts & Tweets

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2019 24:26


    https://www.newstalk.com//podcasts/futureproof-with-jonathan-mccrea/futureproof-extra-replaying-evolution-texts-tweets1466Tue, 19 Feb 2019 09:17:59 +0000

    Futureproof Extra: Altered States of Consciousness

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2019


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    Futureproof Extra: The Human Cell Atlas

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2019 9:16


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    Futureproof Extra: The Genius of Dogs

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2019 20:39


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    Futureproof Extra - The Goodness Paradox

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2019 18:47


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    Futureproof Extra: The Peopling of America

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2019 16:00


    https://www.newstalk.com//podcasts/futureproof-with-jonathan-mccrea/futureproof-extra-the-peopling-of-america960Tue, 19 Feb 2019 09:17:32 +0000https://www.newstalk

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