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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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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
Extra: Why newborns feel pain differently to adults
Guest: Professor Lorenzo Fabrizi, Professor of Developmental Systems Neuroscience at University College London
Biggest human imaging study completes scan of 100,000 people
Guests:
Kevin O'Sullivan of The Irish Times
Catherine McGuinness, Science Communicator
Professor Naomi Allen, Chief Scientist at UK...
Extra: Diabetes - could there be a cure?
Guest: Dr Simon Piggott, Clinical Research Fellow with the Diabetes Complications Research Centre at the Conway Institute, UCD
Why are some species better at fooling predators?
Guests:
Science Communicator Eoin Murphy
DCU's Shelley Brady
Dr Tom Reader, Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecologist, University of No...
Extra: How Does Pure Mathematics Shape Our World?
Is maths just about numbers and equations? Not even close.
Today we’re exploring the hidden power of mathematical thinking with Junaid Mubeen,...
Extra: Did black holes create dark matter?
We recently got an email in from a listener to the show about a topic they thought we should cover, and we’d encourage you to get in touch too if ther...
Can we programme life like software?
Can life be programmed like software? Synthetic biology says yes. We’re entering an era where DNA is code and biology is becoming a programmable platf...
Extra: How do new planets form?
Guest: Dr Christian Ginski, School of Natural Sciences at the University of Galway
Vacuuming DNA & Is the ocean darkening?
Guests:
Dr David Duffy, Assistant Professor of Wildlife Disease Genomics at the University of Florida
Dr Thomas Davies, Associate Professo...
'Mr Mummy' on King Tut's tomb and performing a mummification
Guests:
Eoin Murphy & Shelley Brady
Dr Bob Brier AKA Egyptologist 'Mr Mummy'
Extra: Lyme Disease
They’re tiny, silent, and often go unnoticed – but their bite can change your life. Ticks are on the rise in Ireland, and with them, a disease that’s...
Is The Earth's Core Leaking?
The Earth’s core was thought to be a sealed vault 3,000 kilometers beneath our feet, isolated from the layers above. But now, new evidence is shaking...
Extra: Imperfect Genetics
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
Guests:
Professor David Webb, Professorial Research Fellow at Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies at Aston University in the UK
Dr S...
Documentary Special: “Is There Anybody Out There?”
Are we alone in the universe? Could there be other civilisations out there that we could possibly contact?
In 1961, Astrophysicist Frank Drake t...
Extra: Could There Be Life On Mars?
Guest: Dr Clare Cousins, Reader in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of St Andrews