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Jonathan responds to your texts and tweets, is joined in studio for all the latest science stories for Newsround and speaks to one of our two guests featured on the show. Listen and subscribe to Futureproof with Johnathan 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'.

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    Extra: Imperfect Genetics

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2025 12:51


    Guest: Laurence Hurst, Professor of Evolutionary Genetics at the University of Bath and the author of ‘The Evolution of Imperfection'

    The Future of Fibre Optic Cables

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025 38:16


    Guests:Professor David Webb, Professorial Research Fellow at Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies at Aston University in the UKDr Shelley Brady of DCUDr Shane Bergin of UCD

    Documentary Special: “Is There Anybody Out There?”

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 45:03


    Are we alone in the universe? Could there be other civilisations out there that we could possibly contact?In 1961, Astrophysicist Frank Drake tried to formulate an equation that could answer these questions.Today, we have finally reached a technological level that allows us to search for signs of life and technology on planets in distant star systems.So, “Is There Anybody Out There?”We'll be asking that question on this very special episode of Futureproof...Guests:Sean Jordan - Associate Professor in Biogeochemistry and Astrobiology at Dublin City University @SeanFJProfessor Johanna Vos - Astrophysicist specialising in exoplanet atmospheres in Trinity College Dublin @TCD_physicsProfessor Lisa Kalteneger - Professor of Astronomy at Cornell and current Director of the Carl Sagan Institute @KalteneggerLisa

    Extra: Could There Be Life On Mars?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 16:09


    Guest: Dr Clare Cousins, Reader in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of St Andrews

    The Man Who Endured 200 Snake Bites

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 31:38


    Guests:Susan Kelleher of DCULaura Hayes of DIASTim Friede

    Extra: Immunology from Deadly Pathogens

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 14:12


    Guest: Prof Cliona O'Farrelly, Chair in Comparative Immunology at TCD

    The Smells of an Epileptic Seizure

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 32:28


    Guests:Dr Shane Bergin, UCDProfessor Annie Curtis, RCSIDr Shelley Brady Postdoctoral Researcher at the Insight Research Ireland Centre for Data Analytics at DCU

    Extra: is the truth really the truth?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 19:56


    Guest: Adam Kucharski, Mathematician and Epidemiologist, and Author of 'Proof: The Uncertain Science of Certainty'.

    The new colour only 5 people have seen

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 31:16


    Guests:Dr Shane BerginDr Jessamyn FairfieldProfessor Anya Hurlbert

    Futureproof Extra: The Science of Risk (Best of)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 15:22


    Guest: Don Ross, Experimental Economist and Philosopher of Science

    Best of Futureproof: Becoming Concious & Rare Blood Plasma

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 32:54


    Guests:Dr Lorina NaciDr Andrew Godfrey, Medical & Scientific Director of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service

    Extra: How soon could we see lab-grown teeth?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 13:21


    Guest: Dr Bronagh Keane

    The Science of Embalming

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025 35:19


    Guests:Dr Shane BerginDr Ruth FreemanGlynn Tallon

    Extra: How micro-robots will help detect cancer in patients

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 14:59


    Guest: Nikita Greenidge

    What we know (and don't know) about the cosmos

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 40:45


    Guests:Dr Laura HayesDr Shane BerginBrian Schmidt

    Extra: Why mosquitos taste before they bite

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 12:46


    Guest: Lisa Baik, Postdoctoral researcher with the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at Yale University

    Building a super particle collider

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 33:02


    Guests:Dr Jessaymn Fairfield from the University of GalwayMedic and Immunologist Dr Lara DunganDr Sarah Williams, Assistant Professor of High Energy Physics at Cambridge University

    Extra: Why We Believe In Conspiracy Theories

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 14:31


    Guest: Dr Daniel Jolley, Assistant Professor in Social Psychology at the University of Nottingham

    Self-Assembling Long-Lasting Contraceptive

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 33:32


    Guests:Dr Ruth FreemanDr Lara DunganDr Giovanni Traverso, Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and a Gastroenterologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in the US

    Extra: Using Virtual Reality To Conquer Fear of Public Speaking

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 16:22


    The Great Whale Pee Funnel

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 32:28


    Guests:Dr Laura HayesDr Jessamyn FairfieldJoe Roman, Biologist at the University of Vermont

    Octopuses' Weird Mating

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 14:31


    Guest: Dr Wen-Sung Chung

    When Do We Become Conscious?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 32:18


    Guests:Dr Laura HayesDr Ruth FreemanDr Lorina Naci

    Extra: Rare Blood Plasma

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2025 15:24


    Guest: Dr Andrew Godfrey, Medical & Scientific Director of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service

    The Future of Space Food

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025 34:35


    Guests: Jessamyn FairfieldTara ShineDr Joshua Pearce

    Extra: The Advancement of AI

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2025 17:27


    Guest: Dr Brian MacNamee, UCD

    Should we reintroduce wolves to Ireland?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 32:00


    Guests: Dr Jonny Hanson QUBDr Annie CurtisDr Shane Bergin

    Extra: How our Brains Handle Aggression

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025 11:32


    Guest: Dayu Lin, Neuroscientist and Professor of Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Physiology at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine.

    Understanding More About the Sun & The Science of Risk

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 42:32


    Guests:Dr Laura Hayes, Solar Physicist.Don Ross, Professor of Philosophy and Behavioural Economist.

    Extra: Solving Obesity

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2025 15:43


    Guest: Professor Giles Yeo

    The Migration Journey for ‘Animal Athletes'

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 34:18


    Guests: Dr Lucy HawkesDr Ruth FreemanDr Laura Dungan

    Extra: Meteorite Hunting

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2025 17:02


    Guest: Joshua Howgego, author of 'The Meteorite Hunters'

    Toxic Semen in Mosquitoes

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025 35:44


    Guests:Dr Ruth Freeman.Dr Laura Dungan.Associate Professor in Applied BiosSciences at Macquarie University, Maciej Maselko.

    Futureproof Extra: Bioprinted Hearts

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 18:10


    Guest: Professor Andrew Daly, Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Galway.

    When Mega-Icebergs Melt

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 29:35


    Guest: Prof Geraint Tarling of the British Antarctic Survey.Also Newsround with Shane Bergin and Ruth Freeman.

    Extra: What is AMOC? And Why is it Changing?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2025 18:36


    Guest: Dr Gerard McCarthy, Oceanographer with ICARUS Climate Research Centre and Department of Geography.

    How New Memories Are Formed

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2025 30:52


    Guest: Antonio Fernando Ruiz, Assistant Professor and Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences at Cornell University.

    Extra: Carbon Dioxide's Secrets

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025 15:49


    Guest: Dr Hana Jurikova, senior research fellow at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of St Andrews.

    How Decontamination Happens in Space

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025 28:41


    Guest: Dr Lokesh Joshi, Stokes Professor of Glycosciences at the Infectious Diseases Section of the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences at the University of Galway.

    Extra: The Wallace Line

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 13:17


    Guest: Ian McFadden, Lecturer in Computational Ecology, Queen Mary University of London

    What Trees Can Tell Us

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 33:20


    Guest: Tristan Gooley, author of 'How to Read a Tree'

    Extra: Bird Flu Epidemic in American Cattle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 15:44


    Guest: Maryn McKenna, Author and Journalist.

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