Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
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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. Listen and subscribe to Futureproof with Johnathan McCrea on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the...
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Extra: Vitamin D is linked to BMI?
Guest: Prof Lena Zgaga, Professor in Epidemiology at the Department of Public Health and Primary Care at the School of Health in Trinity
Can we witness stars form planets?
Guests:
Dr Emma Whelan, Department of Experimental Physics, Maynooth University
Dr Tara Shine, Change by Degrees
Dr Ruth Freeman, Re...
Extra: How we exploit artificial intelligence
Guest: Taha Yasseri, Director of the Joint Centre for Sociology of Humans and Machines at Trinity College Dublin
Is the human mind the next frontier in warfare?
Guests:
Malcolm Dando, Emeritus Professor at the School of Social Sciences at the University of Bradford
Dr Shelley Brady of DCU
Dr...
Extra: The one thing you need to know about electricity
Guest: Marcus Chown, Science Writer and author of ‘The One Thing You Need to Know’
Treatment-resistant depression
Guests:
Professor Valerie Voon, Professor of Neuropsychiatry and Neuromodulation at the University of Cambridge
Dr Jessamyn Fairfield of t...
Extra: The Age of Rock
Guest: Dr Anjana Khatwa, earth scientist and author of ‘The Whispers of Rock – Stories from the Earth'
Creating 'Mirror Life'
Guests:
Kate Adamala, Associate Professor of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development at the University of Minnesota
Immunologist Dr Lara D...
Extra: How chimps rationally revise their beliefs & face blindness
Guests:
Dr Emily Sanford, Postdoctoral Researcher in Psychology at the University of California Berkeley
Fiona Newell, Professor of Experi...
Recovering Lost Memories
Guests:
Prof Jane Aspell, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Head of the Self and Body Lab at Anglia Ruskin University
Dr Ruth Freema...
Extra: How Close Are We To Lab-Grown Teeth?
Guest: Ana Angelova Volponi of King’s College London
Extra: The Origin of Dark Energy
Guest: Prof Kate Maguire, Professor In Astrophysics at Trinity College Dublin
Recovering fingerprints from ammunition for forensics
Guests:
Dr Colm McKeever, Assistant Lecturer and Researcher in Analytical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Biotechnology, at...
Why do pregnant women get morning sickness?
Guests:
Professor Molly Fox of UCLA
Laura Hayes
Shane Bergin
The Harms of Over-Diagnosis
Guests:
Neurologist Dr Suzanne O'Sullivan
Shelley Brady, DCU
Shane Bergin, UCD
Extra: Huntington’s disease slowed with gene therapy
Guest: Dr Lauren Byrne, Principal Investigator at the Huntington’s Disease Centre at UCL
Rebuilding Our Body With Regenerative Medicine
Guests:
Mary Roach, Science Author
Dr Laura Hayes, DIAS
Dr Jessamyn Fairfield, University of Galway
Extra: Making the world's smallest violin
Guest: Prof Kelly Morrison, Professor of Experimental Physics at Loughborough University
The creation of artificial cartilage
Guests:
Prof Oren A. Scherman, Professor of Supramolecular & Polymer Chemistry, and Director of the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis at...
Extra: Dinosaur eggs directly dated for the first time
Guest: Professor Maria McNamara, Professor of Palaeontology at University College Cork
"Clearest sign" of life on Mars
Guests:
Professor Sanjeev Gupta, Professor of Earth Science at Imperial College London
Dr Susan Kelleher of DCU
Dr Shane Bergin of U...
Extra: Heart attacks may be triggered by infections
Guest: Prof Claudia Monaco, Professor of Cardiovascular Inflammation at the University of Oxford
Dublin head scanner is 'breakthrough' in brain research
Guests:
Prof Redmond O'Connell, Professor in Decision Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin
Dr Ruth Freeman of Research Ireland
Dr...
Extra: Misophonia Rehabilitation
Guest: Olwyn Morris, Audiologist and clinic owner of Medico Audiology
How Humans Came to Walk Upright
Guests:
Dr Terence D. Capellini, Chair of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University
Dr Lara Dungan, Immunologist
Dr Shane Ber...
Extra: What is Weaver Syndrome?
Guest: Adrian Bracken, Professor of Chromatin Biology at the Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin
Creating Toothpaste Made From Hair
Guests:
Dr Sherif Elsharkawy, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Prosthodontics, at the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences at King's Co...
Extra: Eirsat-1 and The Future of Irish Satellites
With Dr David McKeown, Assistant Professor at the UCD Centre for Space Research.
Attacking Cancer: CAR T-Cell Therapy
With Dr Larry Bacon, Consultant Haematologist from St James’s Hospital, and Dr Nicola Gardiner, Chief Medical Scientist at the Cryobiology Laboratory...
Extra: Is slowing down ageing possible?
Guest: Eamonn Mallon, Professor of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Leicester
The science behind memory distortion
Guests:
Ciara Greene, Associate Professor in the School of Psychology at UCD, where she heads up the Attention and Memory Laboratory
Dr La...
Extra: Advances In Ophthalmic Medicine and Eyecare
Guest: Patrick Condon, former Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at University Hospital Waterford and author of ‘Eye Healthcare – 90 Years of Progress’
Can brain stimulation cure addiction?
Guests:
Yale Neuroscientist Vaughn Steele
Dr Shane Bergin, UCD
Sciene Writer Dr Claire O'Connell
Could colour be the answer to reviving marine life?
Guests:
Holly Cunningham
Science Communicator Eoin Murphy
Susan Kelleher, DCU
Extra: The role of mitochondria in why we need sleep
Guest: Gero Miesenböck of Oxford University
What determines the birth sex of a child?
Guests:
Siwen Wang, Harvard University
Dr Ruth Freeman, Research Ireland
Dr Susan Kelleher, DCU