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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. CONVERSATION THAT COUNTS | Ireland’s national independent talk station for news, sport, analysis and entertainment Listen to Newstalk at  http://newstalk.com/listenlive  | Download the GoLoud app now, the new home for Newstalk

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Latest episode

Jul 11, 2026

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Episodes

The Science of Embalming 20.04.2025

Guests: Dr Shane Bergin Dr Ruth Freeman Glynn Tallon

Extra: How micro-robots will help detect cancer in patients 15.04.2025

Guest: Nikita Greenidge

What we know (and don't know) about the cosmos 13.04.2025

Guests: Dr Laura Hayes Dr Shane Bergin Brian Schmidt

Extra: Why mosquitos taste before they bite 08.04.2025

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

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

Guest: Dr Daniel Jolley, Assistant Professor in Social Psychology at the University of Nottingham

Self-Assembling Long-Lasting Contraceptive 30.03.2025

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

Guest: Dr Chris MacDonald, Univeristy of Cambridge

The Great Whale Pee Funnel 23.03.2025

Guests: Dr Laura Hayes Dr Jessamyn Fairfield Joe Roman, Biologist at the University of Vermont

Octopuses’ Weird Mating 18.03.2025

Guest: Dr Wen-Sung Chung

When Do We Become Conscious? 16.03.2025

Guests: Dr Laura Hayes Dr Ruth Freeman Dr Lorina Naci

Extra: Rare Blood Plasma 11.03.2025

Guest: Dr Andrew Godfrey, Medical & Scientific Director of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service

The Future of Space Food 09.03.2025

Guests: Jessamyn Fairfield Tara Shine Dr Joshua Pearce

Extra: The Advancement of AI 04.03.2025

Guest: Dr Brian MacNamee, UCD

Should we reintroduce wolves to Ireland? 02.03.2025

Guests: Dr Jonny Hanson QUB Dr Annie Curtis Dr Shane Bergin

Extra: How our Brains Handle Aggression 25.02.2025

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

Guests: Dr Laura Hayes, Solar Physicist. Don Ross, Professor of Philosophy and Behavioural Economist.

Extra: Solving Obesity 18.02.2025

Guest: Professor Giles Yeo

The Migration Journey for ‘Animal Athletes’ 16.02.2025

Guests:  Dr Lucy Hawkes Dr Ruth Freeman Dr Laura Dungan

Extra: Meteorite Hunting 11.02.2025

Guest: Joshua Howgego, author of 'The Meteorite Hunters'

Toxic Semen in Mosquitoes 09.02.2025

Guests: Dr Ruth Freeman. Dr Laura Dungan. Associate Professor in Applied BiosSciences at Macquarie University, Maciej Maselko.

Futureproof Extra: Bioprinted Hearts 04.02.2025

Guest: Professor Andrew Daly, Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Galway.

When Mega-Icebergs Melt 02.02.2025

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

Guest: Dr Gerard McCarthy, Oceanographer with ICARUS Climate Research Centre and Department of Geography.

How New Memories Are Formed 26.01.2025

Guest: Antonio Fernando Ruiz, Assistant Professor and Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences at Cornell University.

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