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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: ET Code of Conduct
3d ago00:18:13Tap to summarizeGuest: Professor Michael Garrett, Astrophysicist at the University of Manchester and Chair of the International Academy of Astronautics’ SETI Committee
Transcribe →The problem solving powers of bumblebees
5d ago00:31:31Tap to summarizeGuests:Jussi Kantola, Data Analyst at the University of OuluMatthew Campbell, Professor of Neurovascular Genetics, Trinity College DublinDr Ruth Freeman, Director of Research for Society at Research Ireland
Transcribe →Extra: Neuroscience and AI
1w ago00:21:31Tap to summarizeGuest: Rana Gujra, CEO of Behavioural Signals, tech entrepreneur and AI expert
Transcribe →Is sitting down for long periods killing us?
2w ago00:25:37Tap to summarizeGuests:Dr. Frederick Ho, Senior Lecturer in Public health at the University of GlasgowLaura Hayes, Assistant Professor and Royal Society-Research Ireland University Research Fellow at the Dublin Institute for Advanced StudiesPhil Smyth, Physicist, Engineer and Science Communicator
Transcribe →Extra: What is Cystinosis?
2w ago00:12:23Summary readyGuest: Anuj Chauhan, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines
SummaryIs photographic memory a real thing?
3w ago00:33:12Tap to summarizeGuests:Gabrielle Principe, Professor in the Department of Psychology at the College of CharlestonJessamyn Fairfield from the University of GalwayShane Bergin, Physicist & Assistant Professor in Science Education at UCD
Transcribe →Extra: How VR can improve the health of the elderly
3w ago00:21:34Tap to summarizeGuest: Martin O’Neill, Lecturer in Population Health Informatics & Statistics at the Atlantic Technological University
Transcribe →The Internet of Animals
4w ago00:33:49Tap to summarizeGuests:Martin Wikelski, Director at the Max Planck Institute of Animal BehaviorAndrea Kwakowsky, Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Therapeutics at the University of Galway
Transcribe →Extra: How Wi-Fi can be used for surveillance
Jun 2300:14:36Tap to summarizeGuest: Felix Morsbach, Privacy and Security Researcher at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Transcribe →What happens when you're struck by lightning?
Jun 2100:44:10Tap to summarizeGuests: Jessamyn Fairfield from NUI Galway, Eoin Murphy Science Communicator, Mary Ann Cooper Managing Director in the African Centres for Lightning Education & Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois and Felix Morsbach Privacy and Security Researcher at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
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