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Episodes
Storm Chasing: The Science of Tornadoes 04.08.2024 41:44
Robin Tanamachi - Associate Professor in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at Purdue University, joined Jonathan on the show
Moon Landing 55th Anniversary Special 26.07.2024 47:08
This week, Jonathan was joined by Oliver Morton, Senior Editor at The Economist and author of The Moon: A History For The Future and by Sarah T. Stewart, Planetary Scientist and Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the UC Davis.
Extra: Do I know you? 23.07.2024 19:25
Sadie Dingfelder - Author of Do I Know You?: A Faceblind Reporter’s Journey into the Science of Sight, Memory, and Imagination
Why do some people always get lost? 21.07.2024 41:02
Nora Newcombe - Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Temple University @NoraNewcombe
Extra: Turbulence 16.07.2024 15:33
Ivan Marusic is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Melbourne School of Engineering @engunimelb @unimelb
What can we learn from whale ear wax? 14.07.2024 33:07
Stephen J. Trumble - Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at Baylor University & Affiliate Professor in the Institute of Marine Science at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks @ stephenjtrumble Michael Brecht - Professor for 'Systems Neurobiology and Neural Computation' at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience at Humboldt-University, Berlin @bccn_berlin @HumboldtUni @N...
Extra: Mapping the Cosmos 09.07.2024 14:27
Dr Seshadri Nadathur, a co-author of the work and senior research fellow at the University of Portsmouth’s Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation @SeshNadathur @UoPCosmology
The Evolution of Flight & Digital Babies 07.07.2024 32:47
Lev Parikian - Conducter & Author of Taking Flight: The Evolutionary Story of Life on the Wing @LevParikian & Professor Ines Thiele - Principal Investigator of the Molecular Systems Physiology group at University of Galway and Principal Investigator with APC Microbiome Ireland @ines_thiele @uniofgalway
Extra: You're All Talk, What Our Accents Say About Us 02.07.2024 20:42
Rob Drummond - Professor of Sociolinguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University and author of You’re All Talk: why we are what we speak
The High Seas 30.06.2024 34:02
Olive Heffernan - Science Journalist and Author of The High Seas: Ambition, Power and Greed on the Unclaimed Ocean @O_Heffernan
Extra: The Swiftquake Comes to Dublin! 25.06.2024 13:31
Eleanor Dunn - PhD Researcher at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies @DIAS_Dublin
How the things you see could alter how long you live! 23.06.2024 38:35
Guest: Christi Gendron - Research Assistant Professor in Molecular & Integrative Physiology at The University of Michigan.
Extra: The Evolutionary Effects of Endurance Hunting 18.06.2024 18:48
Eugene Morin - Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Trent University @TrentUResearch @TrentUniversity
Time Dilation & The Practical Challenges of Interstellar Travel 16.06.2024 39:00
Les Johnson - Author & Space Technologist
Gold: Faces 06.06.2024 21:45
In this special episode of Futureproof we look at Face Blindness and super recognition with Professor Fiona Newell - Professor of Experimental Psychology at the Trinity Institiute of Neurosciences and Meike Ramon - Cognitive neuroscientist and Assistant Professor at the University of Fribourg
Extra: Carbon Capture 04.06.2024 18:00
Dr John Breen - Chief Technology Officer of NEG8 Carbon @NEG8Carbon
How the way we walk can tell us how healthy we are! 02.06.2024 34:21
Guests this week: Dr Aidan Boran - Founder/CEO at Digital Gait Labs @aidan_boran & Professor Seán Kennelly - Consultant Geriatrician and Director of the Institute of Memory & Cognition at Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) @SPKennelly @TUH_Tallaght
Extra: Putting Ourselves Back in the Equation 28.05.2024 13:40
George Musser - Contributing editor for Scientific American magazine and author of Putting Ourselves Back in the Equation: Why Physicists Are Studying Human Consciousness and AI to Unravel the Mysteries of the Universe
Exoplanet Weather 26.05.2024 38:04
Professor Johanna Vos - Assistant Professor in the School of Physics at Trinity College
Extra: How Do We Divide Geological Time? 21.05.2024 16:31
Dr. Siobhan Power - Geologist with the Geological Survey Ireland
The Video Game that Aids Stroke Recovery 19.05.2024 44:30
John Krakauer - Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, and Director of the Center for the Study of Motor Learning and Brain Repair at Johns Hopkins
Extra: Could Europa Clipper Detect Life on Jupiter's Moon? 14.05.2024 14:02
Fabian Klenner is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Washington
The Evolution of Eggs! 12.05.2024 43:01
Jules Howard - Zoological Correspondent and Author of Infinite Life: A Revolutionary Story of Eggs, Evolution and Life on Earth
Extra: Ant Supercolonies 08.05.2024 16:29
John Whitfield is a Science journalist and Author
Space Elevators 05.05.2024 34:53
Professor Arun Misra is a Thomas Workman Emeritus Professor in Mechanical Engineering at McGill University.
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