Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
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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.
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- Extra: AI Weather Forecasting · 18 minGuest: Dr Luke Barrington, Director of Earth AI in Google Research
- Who are Nature’s Doctors? · 32 minGuests: • Jaap De Roode, Professor of Biology at Emory University and author of ‘Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes, and Other Animals Heal Themselves’ • Matthew Campbell…
- Extra: The highs and lows of a life in space exploration · 15 minGuest: Professor Bethany Ehlmann, Planetary Scientist, Geologist, and Director of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder
- Why Does Nature Make Having A Baby So Hard? · 45 minJonathan is joined by Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and author of Pregnancy Interrupted: The Science and Stories of How Pregnancies…
- Extra: Chris Hadfield on the importance of space exploration · 25 minGuest: Colonel Chris Hadfield, retired Royal Canadian Air Force Colonel, Test Pilot, and CSA Astronaut
- Meeting the Astronauts of Artemis II · 39 minGuests; • Artemis II Astronauts Victor Glover and Jeremy Hansen • Matthew Campbell, Professor of Genetics at TCD • Ciara Murphy, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anatomy…
- The History of Linking Computers with Human Brains · 50 minJonathan is joined by Phil Smith broadcaster and science communicator and Dr Shane Bergin Physicist and associate professor in science education at UCD for a round up of the…
- Extra: The Hidden Power of Leaves · 16 minGuest: Jonathan Silvertown - Professor of Evolutionary Ecology at the University of Edinburgh and author of Nature’s Magicians: The Hidden Power of Leaves
- What is ancient smallpox doing in Trinity? · 30 minGuests: • Bruno Romero González PhD student, Trinity College Dublin • Dr.Ruth Freeman from Research Ireland • Fergus McAuliffe - Head of Research Engagement and Impact Trinity…
- Futureproof Gold: Chances · 33 minWe tend to glean a lot of meaning from the random occurrences in our lives, it can give us a sense of place in a chaotic and frightening world. But what are the chances of…
- Extra: A Computer Made From DNA · 14 minGuest: Damien Woods, Professor of Computer Science in the Hamilton Institute at Maynooth University
- Symbiosis: Collaboration in Nature · 37 minGuests: • Rowan Hooper, author of ‘Togetherness: Symbiosis and the Hidden Story of Life’s Greatest Collaborations’ • Matthew Campbell, Professor of Genetics at TCD • Ciara…
- Extra: CMLase - The Enzyme That Could Reverse Ageing · 15 minGuest: Aaron Cravens, Founder and Chief executive of Revel Pharmaceuticals
- Why are killer whales ramming yachts? · 39 minGuests: • Dr. Luke Rendell, Biologist at Sean Mammal Research Unit in the University of St. Andrews • Matthew Campbell, Professor of Genetics at TCD • Ciara Greene, Associate…
- Extra: Did Life Start Twice On Earth? · 15 minGuest: Bill Martin - Evolutionary Biologist and Head of the Institute of Molecular Evolution at Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf
- Could ozempic cure addiction? · 36 minGuests: • Philip Smyth, Broadcaster and Science Communicator • Dr. Laura Hayes, Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies • Prof. Paul Kenny, Nash Family Professor of Neuroscience…
- Extra: Behind The Scenes of The Lost Bridge · 24 minPresenter Jonathan McCrea and Producer Aidan McKelvey discuss the making of the Futureproof documentary ‘The Lost Bridge’.
- Futureproof Special: The Lost Bridge · 44 minGuests: • Genevieve Von Petzinger, Paleoanthropologist and rock art researcher and Project Director of the LIACARA Project • Dr. George Nash, Associate Professor in the…
- Gold: What is time? · 28 minWe conventionally think of time as something simple and fundamental that flows uniformly, independently from everything else, from the past to the future, measured by clocks and…
- Extra: Decoding Birdsong · 15 minGuest: Julie Elie, Associate Project Scientist in the Department of Neuroscience at University of California, Berkeley.
- Jim Al-Khalili on time and time travel · 39 minGuests: • Jim Al Khalili, Theoretical Physicist, Host of BBC’s ‘The Life Scientific’ and author of ‘On Time: The Physics That Makes the Universe Tick‘ • Dr. Ruth Freeman from…
- Extra: The Genetics of Wrongdoing · 18 minGuest: Kathryn Paige Harden, Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and author of ‘Original Sin: The Genetics of Wrongdoing, the Problem of Blame and the…
- Did we find evidence of life on Mars in the 1970’s? · 43 minGuests: • Steven A. Benner, Chemist, Astrobiologist and author of ‘Meet the Neighbors: Life on Mars and How to Find It’ • Jessamyn Fairfield from the University of Galway •…
- Extra: Growing Old in Ireland - 20 Years of the TILDA Study · 19 minGuest: Rose Anne Kenny, Regis Professor of Medicine at Trinity College Dublin and Founding Principal Investigator of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
- How many insects are there? · 37 minGuests: • Alex Smith, Associate Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada • Dr Ruth Freeman from Science Foundation…
- Extra: The Irish scientists tackling organ transplant rejection · 17 minGuest: Professor Róisín Dolan, Chief Investigator with the Sentinel Study Ireland at St. Vincent's University Hospital
- The Greenland shark discovered on Ireland’s coast · 29 minGuests: • Emilie De Loose, Project Officer of the Atlantic Whale Deal in the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group • John Regan from Maynooth University • Laura Hayes, DIAS
- Gold: Neil DeGrasse Tyson - A Brief Welcome to the Universe · 37 minScience Communicator extraordinaire Neil deGrasse Tyson joined Jonathan in 2021 to discuss his book ‘A Brief Welcome to the Universe: A Pocket-Sized Tour’, and how we communicate…
- Observing the Solar Eclipse · 47 minGuests: • Peter Gallagher, Director of Dunsink Observatory at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies and an Adjunct Professor at Trinity College Dublin • John Regan from…
- Gold: How does the brain conjure consciousness? · 21 minFor centuries, philosophers have theorised about the mind-body question. Is the mind something separate from the body? If so what does that mean? So, how does the brain conjure…
- Could AI be conscious? · 1 godz. 0 minGuests: • Charlotte Blease, Philosopher at Uppsala University and author of ‘Dr Bot: Why Doctors Can Fail Us – and How AI Could Save Lives’ • Kevin Mitchell, Associate…
- Extra: Could base editing lead to designer babies? · 14 minGuest: Oliver Bower, Founding Scientist at ‘Preventive’
- The fish species with no males · 41 minGuests: • Ed Ricemeyer, Senior Bioinformatician and Chair of Animal Systems Genomics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München • Jessamyn Fairfield from the University of…
- Extra: ET Code of Conduct · 18 minGuest: Professor Michael Garrett, Astrophysicist at the University of Manchester and Chair of the International Academy of Astronautics’ SETI Committee
- The problem solving powers of bumblebees · 32 minGuests: • Jussi Kantola, Data Analyst at the University of Oulu • Matthew Campbell, Professor of Neurovascular Genetics, Trinity College Dublin • Dr Ruth Freeman, Director of…
- Extra: Neuroscience and AI · 22 minGuest: Rana Gujra, CEO of Behavioural Signals, tech entrepreneur and AI expert
- Is sitting down for long periods killing us? · 26 minGuests: • Dr. Frederick Ho, Senior Lecturer in Public health at the University of Glasgow • Laura Hayes, Assistant Professor and Royal Society-Research Ireland University…
- Extra: What is Cystinosis? · 12 minGuest: Anuj Chauhan, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines
- Is photographic memory a real thing? · 33 minGuests: • Gabrielle Principe, Professor in the Department of Psychology at the College of Charleston • Jessamyn Fairfield from the University of Galway • Shane Bergin…
- Extra: How VR can improve the health of the elderly · 22 minGuest: Martin O’Neill, Lecturer in Population Health Informatics & Statistics at the Atlantic Technological University
- The Internet of Animals · 34 minGuests: • Martin Wikelski, Director at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior • Andrea Kwakowsky, Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Therapeutics at the University of…
- Extra: How Wi-Fi can be used for surveillance · 15 minGuest: Felix Morsbach, Privacy and Security Researcher at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
- What happens when you're struck by lightning? · 44 minGuests: Jessamyn Fairfield from NUI Galway, Eoin Murphy Science Communicator, Mary Ann Cooper Managing Director in the African Centres for Lightning Education & Professor…
- Extra: Can we cure nightmares? · 17 minGuest: Michelle Carr, Director of the Dream Engineering Laboratory at Montreal's Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine and author of ‘Into the Dream Lab: The New Science…
- Before Trees - What Were ‘Prototaxites’? · 31 minGuests: • Dr. Corentin Loron, Paleobiologist in Trinity College Dublin • Dr. Susan Kelleher, Associate Professor of Chemistry in DCU • Shane Bergin, Physicist & Assistant…
- Extra: Was there human sacrifice in ancient Rome? · 13 minGuest: Frederic Auth, Doctoral Researcher at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
- How does sperm work in outer space? · 34 minGuests: • Hannah Lyons, Reproduction Researcher in Adelaide University • Matthew Campbell from Trinity College Dublin • Dr Ruth Freeman from Research Ireland
- Extra: How microbes tackle pollution · 15 minGuest: Ludmilla Aristilde, Environmental Engineering Professor at Northwestern University
- The Chimpanzee War in Uganda · 43 minGuests: • John Mitani, Primatologist at the University of Michigan and Co-Founder of the Ngogo Chimpanzee Project • Laura Hayes, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies • Dr…







