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Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

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.CONVERSATION THAT COUNTS | Ireland’s national independent talk station for news, sport, analysis and entertainmentListen to Newstalk at http://newstalk.com/listenlive | Download the GoLoud app now, the new home for Newstalk

  1. 464

    Before Trees - What Were ‘Prototaxites’?

    Guests:Dr. Corentin Loron, Paleobiologist in Trinity College DublinDr. Susan Kelleher, Associate Professor of Chemistry in DCUShane Bergin, Physicist & Assistant Professor in Science Education at UCD

  2. 463

    Extra: Was there human sacrifice in ancient Rome?

    Guest: Frederic Auth, Doctoral Researcher at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt

  3. 462

    How does sperm work in outer space?

    Guests:Hannah Lyons, Reproduction Researcher in Adelaide UniversityMatthew Campbell from Trinity College DublinDr Ruth Freeman from Research Ireland

  4. 461

    Extra: How microbes tackle pollution

    Guest: Ludmilla Aristilde, Environmental Engineering Professor at Northwestern University

  5. 460

    The Chimpanzee War in Uganda

    Guests:John Mitani, Primatologist at the University of Michigan and Co-Founder of the Ngogo Chimpanzee ProjectLaura Hayes, Dublin Institute for Advanced StudiesDr Ruth Freeman of Research Ireland

  6. 459

    Extra: New Prostate Cancer Trials in Ireland

    Guest: Dr Paul Kelly, Medical Director of the UPMC Cancer Network in Ireland

  7. 458

    Learning while you sleep!

    Guests:Dr Karen Konkoly, Dream Scientist at the University of CambridgeDr Ruth Freeman of Research IrelandProfessor Annie Curtis of the RCSI

  8. 457

    Extra: Does science back up weird skincare trends?

    Guest: Dr Xinyi “Beibei” Du-Harpur, NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer at St John’s Institute of Dermatology and King’s College London

  9. 456

    Early flavour memories may shape picky eaters

    Guests:Professor Nadja Reissland of Science Foundation IrelandDr Ruth Freeman of Research IrelandDr Fergus McAuliffe of Trinity College Dublin

  10. 455

    Extra: Bodyoids

    Guest: Hank Greely, Professor of Law and Expert in Bioethics at Stanford University

  11. 454

    What is ‘Forensic Botany’?

    Guests:Christopher Hardy, Forensic Botanist and Biology Professor at Millersville UniversityLaura Hayes, Dublin Institute for Advanced StudiesTara Shine, Environmental Scientist

  12. 453

    Extra: The Power of Plankton

    Guest: Vincent Doumeizel, Senior Adviser on the oceans to the United Nations Global Compact and author of ‘The Power of Plankton: How Plankton Made Life On Earth Possible and Why It’s Key To Our Future’.

  13. 452

    The Smell of the Past

    Guests:Dr. Barbara Huber, Archaeochemist at the at the University of Tubingen in GermanyJessamyn Fairfield from NUI GalwayJohn Regan from Maynooth University

  14. 451

    Extra: AI Improving Medicine

    Guest: Charlotte Blease, Associate Professor in the Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Sweden and Author of ‘Dr Bot: Why Doctors Can Fail Us – and How AI Could Save Lives’.

  15. 450

    Building a Warp Drive

    Guests:Dr. Katy Clough, Astrophysicist at Queen Mary University of LondonAnnie Curtis Body Research Lecturer in RCSIShane Bergin, Physicist & Assistant Prof in Science Education at UCD

  16. 449

    Extra: How apples are engineered

    Guest: Kate Evans, Professor in the Department of Horticulture at Washington State University

  17. 448

    Will AI replace scientists?

    Guests:Jeff Clune, CIFAR AI chair at the Victor Institute and Professor of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, CanadaJessamyn Fairfield from NUI GalwayMatthew Campbell from TCD

  18. 447

    Extra: Why can’t we figure out static electricity?

    Guest: Scott Waitukaitis, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria in Klosterneuburg

  19. 446

    The Dawn of Writing

    Guests:Genevieve Von Petzinger, Paleoanthropologist and Rock Art Researcher and Project Director of the LIAACAR Project (The Living, Intelligent Archive of Ancient Culture, Art and Relational Archeology)Dr. Ruth Freeman from Science Foundation IrelandShane Bergin, Physicist & Assistant Professor in Science Education at UCD

  20. 445

    Extra: Why Are We Going Back To The Moon?

    Guest: Dallas Campbell, BBC Space Presenter and author of ‘Space Journal: The Art and Science of Cosmic Exploration’

  21. 444

    Building a Robotic Oesophagus

    Guests:Dr Eoin O'Cearbhaill, Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering at University College DublinDr Shane Bergin, Physicist at UCDDr Lara Dungan, Immunologist and Medic

  22. 443

    Why should we avoid creating contrails?

    Guests:Dr Jessie Smith, Research Associate in Sustainable Aviation at the Department of Engineering at the University of CambridgeDr Fergus McAuliffe, Head of Research Engagement and Impact at Trinity College DublinDr Shelley Brady, Insight Research Ireland Centre for Data Analytics at DCU

  23. 442

    Extra: Movies reconstructed from mouse brain activity

    Guest: Dr Joel Bauer, Research Fellow at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour at UCL

  24. 441

    What happens during a hallucination?

    Guests:Dr Anna Georgiades, Lecturer in Early Intervention in Psychosis at King's College LondonDr Ruth FreemanDr John Regan

  25. 440

    Extra: The Origins of Our Musical Ability

    Guest: Dr Ani Patel, Tufts University, Massachusetts

  26. 439

    How The Brain Can Recover Forgotten Memories

    Guests:Dr Benjamin J. Griffiths, University of NottinghamDr Ruth Freeman, Research IrelandDr Tara Shine, Environmental Scientist

  27. 438

    Extra: Why animals see the world at different speeds

    Guest: Dr Kevin Healy, Lecturer in Zoology at the University of Galway

  28. 437

    What you don’t know about respiration

    Guests:New York Times bestselling author and Science Journalist James NestorDr Ruth FreemanDr Lara Dungan

  29. 436

    Extra: What influences your willingness to be helpful towards strangers?

    Guest: Dr Todd Vogel, Research Fellow in Psychology at the University of Birmingham

  30. 435

    Clothes with health tracking technology

    Guests:Professor Steve Beeby, Chair in Emerging Technologies and Director of the Centre for Flexible Electronics and E-Textiles at the University of SouthamptonDr Tara Shine, Environemental ScientistProfessor Matthew Campbell, Head of Department at the Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin

  31. 434

    Extra: What drives the power of our tides and waves?

    Guest: Prof Iris Möller, Coastal Geomorphologist and Chair of the Geography Department at Trinity College Dublin

  32. 433

    Predicting Scorpion Strikes

    Guests:Dr Michel Dugon, Assistant Professor in Zoology and Principal Investigator of the Venom Systems Lab at the University of GalwayDr Jessamyn Fairfield, Lecturer in the School of Natural Sciences at the University of GalwayDr Laura Hayes, Research Fellow at the School of Cosmic Physics at DIAS

  33. 432

    Extra: Does the Earth’s core hide vast hydrogen reservoirs?

    Guest:With Prof Jon Wade, Associate Professor of Planetary Materials, Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford

  34. 431

    Making Life with Artificial Biological Intelligence

    Guests: Dr Shelley Brady, Insight Research Ireland Centre for Data Analytics at DCUDr Shane Bergin, physicist at University College Dublin Adrian Woolfson, author of ‘The Future of Species: Authoring Life by means of Artificial Biological Intelligence’ 

  35. 430

    Extra: Solar Maximum and the Northern lights explained

    Guest:Dr Alexandra Ruth Fogg, Postdoctoral Fellow in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

  36. 429

    What is Aphantasia? Why some brains can’t visualize

    Guests: Dr Lara Dungan, immunologist, and Dr Shane Bergin, physicist at University College Dublin Prof Adam Zeman, Honorary Fellow at the Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, at the University of Edinburgh

  37. 428

    Extra: What Is Childhood Dementia?

    Guest: Prof Matthew Campbell, Head of the Genetics Department and Chair of Neurovascular Genetics at Trinity College Dublin

  38. 427

    Building a womb lining in the lab

    Guests: Dr Susan Kelleher, School of Chemical Sciences at DCUDr Shane Bergin, physicist at University College DublinDr Peter Rugg-Gunn, group leader at the Babraham Institute at the University of Cambridge 

  39. 426

    Extra: Turning muscle signals into speech

    Guest: Professor Luigi Occhipinti, Research Professor of Smart Electronics, Biosystems and AI, at Cambridge University

  40. 425

    Why some wounds won’t heal

    Guests:Professor Kimberly Kline, Professor in Microbiology and Molecular Medicine at The University of Geneva and Visiting Scholar at Nanyang Technological University, SingaporeDr Shelley Brady, DCU’s Insight Research Ireland Centre for Data AnalyticsDr John Regan, Research Fellow in the Department of Theoretical Physics at Maynooth University

  41. 424

    Extra: What if stopping Alzheimer’s means targeting one gene?

    Guest: Dr Dylan Williams, Principal Research Fellow in Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology at UCL

  42. 423

    Tackling Space Debris

    Guests:Dr Penelope Wozniakiewicz, Senior Lecturer in Space Science at the University of KentDr Shane BerginDr John Regan

  43. 422

    Extra: What exactly is DNA?

    Guest: Dr Kevin Mitchell, Associate Professor of Genetics and Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin

  44. 421

    How blood vessels boost lab-grown mini-brains

    Guests:Dr Mihai Lomora, Scientist with CÚRAM, the Research Ireland Centre for Medical Devices based at the University of GalwayDr Jessamyn Fairfield from the School of Natural Sciences at the University of GalwayDr Fergus McAuliffe, Head of Research Engagement and Impact at Trinity College Dublin

  45. 420

    Extra: Earth’s Early Wildfires

    Guest: Dr Clayton Magill, Associate Professor of Biogeochemistry at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland

  46. 419

    The Surprising Flaws of Evolution

    Dr Andy Dobson, author of ‘Flaws of Nature: The Limits and Liabilities of Natural Selection’

  47. 418

    Sustaining human life on the Moon and Mars

    Guest: Professor Matthew Gilliham, Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plants for Space, at the University of Adelaide

  48. 417

    Extra: CAR T-Cell Therapy (Best of)

    Guests:Dr Larry Bacon, Consultant Haematologist from St James’s HospitalDr Nicola Gardiner, Chief Medical Scientist at the Cryobiology Laboratory Stem Cell Facility at St James’s

  49. 416

    Best of Futureproof: Creating Dark Matter, Curing Addiction

    Guests:Dr John Regan, Maynooth UniversityYale Neuroscientist Vaughn Steele

  50. 415

    Extra: Obtaining Fingerprints from Ammunition (Best of)

    Guest: Dr Colm McKeever, Assistant Lecturer and Researcher in Analytical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Biotechnology, at TUS

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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.CONVERSATION THAT COUNTS | Ireland’s national independent talk station for news, sport, analysis and entertainmentListen to Newstalk at http://newstalk.com/listenlive | Download the GoLoud app now, the new home for Newstalk

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