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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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Futureproof Gold: How does the brain conjure consciousness?
For centuries, philosophers have theorised about the mind-body question. Is the mind something separate from the body? If so what does that mean?
Could AI be conscious?
Guests:
Charlotte Blease, Philosopher at Uppsala University and author of ‘Dr Bot: Why Doctors Can Fail Us – and How AI Could Save Lives’
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Extra: Could base editing lead to designer babies?
Guest: Oliver Bower, Founding Scientist at ‘Preventive’
The fish species with no males
Guests:
Ed Ricemeyer, Senior Bioinformatician and Chair of Animal Systems Genomics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Jessamyn Fair...
Extra: ET Code of Conduct
Guest: Professor Michael Garrett, Astrophysicist at the University of Manchester and Chair of the International Academy of Astronautics’ SETI Committe...
The problem solving powers of bumblebees
Guests:
Jussi Kantola, Data Analyst at the University of Oulu
Matthew Campbell, Professor of Neurovascular Genetics, Trinity College Dubli...
Extra: Neuroscience and AI
Guest: Rana Gujra, CEO of Behavioural Signals, tech entrepreneur and AI expert
Is sitting down for long periods killing us?
Guests:
Dr. Frederick Ho, Senior Lecturer in Public health at the University of Glasgow
Laura Hayes, Assistant Professor and Royal Society...
Extra: What is Cystinosis?
Guest: Anuj Chauhan, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines
Is photographic memory a real thing?
Guests:
Gabrielle Principe, Professor in the Department of Psychology at the College of Charleston
Jessamyn Fairfield from the University...
Extra: How VR can improve the health of the elderly
Guest: Martin O’Neill, Lecturer in Population Health Informatics & Statistics at the Atlantic Technological University
The Internet of Animals
Guests:
Martin Wikelski, Director at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
Andrea Kwakowsky, Associate Professor of Pharmacology & T...
Extra: How Wi-Fi can be used for surveillance
Guest: Felix Morsbach, Privacy and Security Researcher at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
What happens when you're struck by lightning?
Guests: Jessamyn Fairfield from NUI Galway, Eoin Murphy Science Communicator, Mary Ann Cooper Managing Director in the African Centres for Lightning...
Extra: Can we cure nightmares?
Guest: Michelle Carr, Director of the Dream Engineering Laboratory at Montreal's Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine and author of ‘Into th...
Before Trees - What Were ‘Prototaxites’?
Guests:
Dr. Corentin Loron, Paleobiologist in Trinity College Dublin
Dr. Susan Kelleher, Associate Professor of Chemistry in DCU
Sha...
Extra: Was there human sacrifice in ancient Rome?
Guest: Frederic Auth, Doctoral Researcher at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
How does sperm work in outer space?
Guests:
Hannah Lyons, Reproduction Researcher in Adelaide University
Matthew Campbell from Trinity College Dublin
Dr Ruth Freeman fr...
Extra: How microbes tackle pollution
Guest: Ludmilla Aristilde, Environmental Engineering Professor at Northwestern University
The Chimpanzee War in Uganda
Guests:
John Mitani, Primatologist at the University of Michigan and Co-Founder of the Ngogo Chimpanzee Project
Laura Hayes, Dublin Instit...
Extra: New Prostate Cancer Trials in Ireland
Guest: Dr Paul Kelly, Medical Director of the UPMC Cancer Network in Ireland
Learning while you sleep!
Guests:
Dr Karen Konkoly, Dream Scientist at the University of Cambridge
Dr Ruth Freeman of Research Ireland
Professor Annie Curtis...
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
Early flavour memories may shape picky eaters
Guests:
Professor Nadja Reissland of Science Foundation Ireland
Dr Ruth Freeman of Research Ireland
Dr Fergus McAuliffe of Trinity C...
Extra: Bodyoids
Guest: Hank Greely, Professor of Law and Expert in Bioethics at Stanford University
What is ‘Forensic Botany’?
Guests:
Christopher Hardy, Forensic Botanist and Biology Professor at Millersville University
Laura Hayes, Dublin Institute for Advanced S...
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 Li...
The Smell of the Past
Guests:
Dr. Barbara Huber, Archaeochemist at the at the University of Tubingen in Germany
Jessamyn Fairfield from NUI Galway
John Re...
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...
Building a Warp Drive
Guests:
Dr. Katy Clough, Astrophysicist at Queen Mary University of London
Annie Curtis Body Research Lecturer in RCSI
Shane Bergin,...
Extra: How apples are engineered
Guest: Kate Evans, Professor in the Department of Horticulture at Washington State University
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,...
Extra: Why can’t we figure out static electricity?
Guest: Scott Waitukaitis, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria in Klosterneuburg
The Dawn of Writing
Guests:
Genevieve Von Petzinger, Paleoanthropologist and Rock Art Researcher and Project Director of the LIAACAR Project (The Living, Intelligen...
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’
Building a Robotic Oesophagus
Guests:
Dr Eoin O'Cearbhaill, Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering at University College Dublin
Dr Shane Bergin, Physicist at UCD...
Why should we avoid creating contrails?
Guests:
Dr Jessie Smith, Research Associate in Sustainable Aviation at the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge
Dr Fer...
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
What happens during a hallucination?
Guests:
Dr Anna Georgiades, Lecturer in Early Intervention in Psychosis at King's College London
Dr Ruth Freeman
Dr John Regan
Extra: The Origins of Our Musical Ability
Guest: Dr Ani Patel, Tufts University, Massachusetts