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Episodes
The Science of Embalming 20.04.2025 35:19
Guests: Dr Shane Bergin Dr Ruth Freeman Glynn Tallon
Extra: How micro-robots will help detect cancer in patients 15.04.2025 14:59
Guest: Nikita Greenidge
What we know (and don't know) about the cosmos 13.04.2025 40:45
Guests: Dr Laura Hayes Dr Shane Bergin Brian Schmidt
Extra: Why mosquitos taste before they bite 08.04.2025 12:46
Guest: Lisa Baik, Postdoctoral researcher with the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at Yale University
Building a super particle collider 06.04.2025 33:02
Guests: Dr Jessamyn Fairfield from the University of Galway Medic and Immunologist Dr Lara Dungan Dr Sarah Williams, Assistant Professor of High Energy Physics at Cambridge University
Extra: Why We Believe In Conspiracy Theories 01.04.2025 14:31
Guest: Dr Daniel Jolley, Assistant Professor in Social Psychology at the University of Nottingham
Self-Assembling Long-Lasting Contraceptive 30.03.2025 33:32
Guests: Dr Ruth Freeman Dr Lara Dungan Dr Giovanni Traverso, Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and a Gastroenterologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the US
Extra: Using Virtual Reality To Conquer Fear of Public Speaking 25.03.2025 16:22
Guest: Dr Chris MacDonald, Univeristy of Cambridge
The Great Whale Pee Funnel 23.03.2025 32:28
Guests: Dr Laura Hayes Dr Jessamyn Fairfield Joe Roman, Biologist at the University of Vermont
Octopuses’ Weird Mating 18.03.2025 14:31
Guest: Dr Wen-Sung Chung
When Do We Become Conscious? 16.03.2025 32:18
Guests: Dr Laura Hayes Dr Ruth Freeman Dr Lorina Naci
Extra: Rare Blood Plasma 11.03.2025 14:40
Guest: Dr Andrew Godfrey, Medical & Scientific Director of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service
The Future of Space Food 09.03.2025 34:35
Guests: Jessamyn Fairfield Tara Shine Dr Joshua Pearce
Extra: The Advancement of AI 04.03.2025 17:27
Guest: Dr Brian MacNamee, UCD
Should we reintroduce wolves to Ireland? 02.03.2025 32:00
Guests: Dr Jonny Hanson QUB Dr Annie Curtis Dr Shane Bergin
Extra: How our Brains Handle Aggression 25.02.2025 11:32
Guest: Dayu Lin, Neuroscientist and Professor of Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Physiology at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine.
Understanding More About the Sun & The Science of Risk 23.02.2025 42:32
Guests: Dr Laura Hayes, Solar Physicist. Don Ross, Professor of Philosophy and Behavioural Economist.
Extra: Solving Obesity 18.02.2025 15:43
Guest: Professor Giles Yeo
The Migration Journey for ‘Animal Athletes’ 16.02.2025 34:18
Guests: Dr Lucy Hawkes Dr Ruth Freeman Dr Laura Dungan
Extra: Meteorite Hunting 11.02.2025 17:02
Guest: Joshua Howgego, author of 'The Meteorite Hunters'
Toxic Semen in Mosquitoes 09.02.2025 35:44
Guests: Dr Ruth Freeman. Dr Laura Dungan. Associate Professor in Applied BiosSciences at Macquarie University, Maciej Maselko.
Futureproof Extra: Bioprinted Hearts 04.02.2025 18:10
Guest: Professor Andrew Daly, Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Galway.
When Mega-Icebergs Melt 02.02.2025 29:35
Guest: Prof Geraint Tarling of the British Antarctic Survey. Also Newsround with Shane Bergin and Ruth Freeman.
Extra: What is AMOC? And Why is it Changing? 28.01.2025 18:36
Guest: Dr Gerard McCarthy, Oceanographer with ICARUS Climate Research Centre and Department of Geography.
How New Memories Are Formed 26.01.2025 30:52
Guest: Antonio Fernando Ruiz, Assistant Professor and Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences at Cornell University.
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