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Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
Hosted by Newstalk · EN
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.
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Extra: How microbes tackle pollution
3d ago00:15:24Tap to summarizeGuest: Ludmilla Aristilde, Environmental Engineering Professor at Northwestern University
Transcribe →The Chimpanzee War in Uganda
5d ago00:42:56Tap to summarizeGuests:John Mitani, Primatologist at the University of Michigan and Co-Founder of the Ngogo Chimpanzee ProjectLaura Hayes, Dublin Institute for Advanced StudiesDr Ruth Freeman of Research Ireland
Transcribe →Extra: New Prostate Cancer Trials in Ireland
1w ago00:14:45Tap to summarizeGuest: Dr Paul Kelly, Medical Director of the UPMC Cancer Network in Ireland
Transcribe →Learning while you sleep!
2w ago00:31:50Tap to summarizeGuests:Dr Karen Konkoly, Dream Scientist at the University of CambridgeDr Ruth Freeman of Research IrelandProfessor Annie Curtis of the RCSI
Transcribe →Extra: Does science back up weird skincare trends?
2w ago00:15:08Tap to summarizeGuest: Dr Xinyi “Beibei” Du-Harpur, NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer at St John’s Institute of Dermatology and King’s College London
Transcribe →Early flavour memories may shape picky eaters
3w ago00:35:19Tap to summarizeGuests:Professor Nadja Reissland of Science Foundation IrelandDr Ruth Freeman of Research IrelandDr Fergus McAuliffe of Trinity College Dublin
Transcribe →Extra: Bodyoids
3w ago00:13:45Tap to summarizeGuest: Hank Greely, Professor of Law and Expert in Bioethics at Stanford University
Transcribe →What is ‘Forensic Botany’?
4w ago00:41:11Tap to summarizeGuests:Christopher Hardy, Forensic Botanist and Biology Professor at Millersville UniversityLaura Hayes, Dublin Institute for Advanced StudiesTara Shine, Environmental Scientist
Transcribe →Extra: The Power of Plankton
May 500:19:48Tap to summarizeGuest: Vincent Doumeizel, Senior Adviser on the oceans to the United Nations Global Compact and author of ‘The Power of Plankton: How Plankton Made Life On Earth Possible and Why It’s Key To Our Future’.
Transcribe →The Smell of the Past
May 300:38:40Tap to summarizeGuests:Dr. Barbara Huber, Archaeochemist at the at the University of Tubingen in GermanyJessamyn Fairfield from NUI GalwayJohn Regan from Maynooth University
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