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Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

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1245 - Gold: What is time?
Thu, 10 Sep 2026 - 28min
1244 - Extra: Decoding Birdsong
Tue, 08 Sep 2026 - 14min
1243 - Jim Al-Khalili on time and time travel
Sun, 06 Sep 2026 - 39min
1242 - Extra: The Genetics of Wrongdoing
Tue, 01 Sep 2026 - 18min
1241 - Did we find evidence of life on Mars in the 1970’s?
Sun, 30 Aug 2026 - 42min
1240 - Extra: Growing Old in Ireland - 20 Years of the TILDA Study
Tue, 25 Aug 2026 - 19min
1239 - How many insects are there?
Sun, 23 Aug 2026 - 37min
1238 - Extra: The Irish scientists tackling organ transplant rejection
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 - 17min
1237 - The Greenland shark discovered on Ireland’s coast
Sun, 16 Aug 2026 - 28min
1236 - Gold: Neil DeGrasse Tyson - A Brief Welcome to the Universe
Tue, 11 Aug 2026 - 36min
1235 - Observing the Solar Eclipse
Sun, 09 Aug 2026 - 46min
1234 - Gold: How does the brain conjure consciousness?
Tue, 04 Aug 2026 - 21min
1233 - Could AI be conscious?
Sun, 02 Aug 2026 - 1h 00min
1232 - Extra: Could base editing lead to designer babies?
Tue, 28 Jul 2026 - 13min
1231 - The fish species with no males
Sun, 26 Jul 2026 - 41min
1230 - Extra: ET Code of Conduct
Tue, 21 Jul 2026 - 18min
1229 - The problem solving powers of bumblebees
Sun, 19 Jul 2026 - 31min
1228 - Extra: Neuroscience and AI
Tue, 14 Jul 2026 - 21min
1227 - Is sitting down for long periods killing us?
Sun, 12 Jul 2026 - 25min
1226 - Extra: What is Cystinosis?
Tue, 07 Jul 2026 - 12min
1225 - Is photographic memory a real thing?
Sun, 05 Jul 2026 - 33min
1224 - Extra: How VR can improve the health of the elderly
Tue, 30 Jun 2026 - 21min
1223 - The Internet of Animals
Sun, 28 Jun 2026 - 33min
1222 - Extra: How Wi-Fi can be used for surveillance
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 - 14min
1221 - What happens when you're struck by lightning?
Sun, 21 Jun 2026 - 44min
1220 - Extra: Can we cure nightmares?
Tue, 16 Jun 2026 - 17min
1219 - Before Trees - What Were ‘Prototaxites’?
Sun, 14 Jun 2026 - 31min
1218 - Extra: Was there human sacrifice in ancient Rome?
Tue, 09 Jun 2026 - 13min
1217 - How does sperm work in outer space?
Sun, 07 Jun 2026 - 33min
1216 - Extra: How microbes tackle pollution
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 - 15min
1215 - The Chimpanzee War in Uganda
Sun, 31 May 2026 - 42min
1214 - Extra: New Prostate Cancer Trials in Ireland
Tue, 26 May 2026 - 14min
1213 - Learning while you sleep!
Sun, 24 May 2026 - 31min
1212 - Extra: Does science back up weird skincare trends?
Tue, 19 May 2026 - 15min
1211 - Early flavour memories may shape picky eaters
Sun, 17 May 2026 - 35min
1210 - Extra: Bodyoids
Tue, 12 May 2026 - 13min
1209 - What is ‘Forensic Botany’?
Sun, 10 May 2026 - 41min
1208 - Extra: The Power of Plankton
Tue, 05 May 2026 - 19min
1207 - The Smell of the Past
Sun, 03 May 2026 - 38min
1206 - Extra: AI Improving Medicine
Tue, 28 Apr 2026 - 17min
1205 - Building a Warp Drive
Sun, 26 Apr 2026 - 31min
1204 - Extra: How apples are engineered
Tue, 21 Apr 2026 - 17min
1203 - Will AI replace scientists?
Sun, 19 Apr 2026 - 38min
1202 - Extra: Why can’t we figure out static electricity?
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 - 18min
1201 - The Dawn of Writing
Sun, 12 Apr 2026 - 34min
1200 - Extra: Why Are We Going Back To The Moon?
Tue, 07 Apr 2026 - 16min
1199 - Building a Robotic Oesophagus
Sun, 05 Apr 2026 - 33min
1198 - Why should we avoid creating contrails?
Sun, 29 Mar 2026 - 31min
1197 - Extra: Movies reconstructed from mouse brain activity
Tue, 24 Mar 2026 - 15min
1196 - What happens during a hallucination?
Sun, 22 Mar 2026 - 36min
1195 - Extra: The Origins of Our Musical Ability
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 - 15min
1194 - How The Brain Can Recover Forgotten Memories
Sun, 15 Mar 2026 - 33min
1193 - Extra: Why animals see the world at different speeds
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 - 13min
1192 - What you don’t know about respiration
Sun, 08 Mar 2026 - 38min
1191 - Extra: What influences your willingness to be helpful towards strangers?
Tue, 03 Mar 2026 - 18min
1190 - Clothes with health tracking technology
Sun, 01 Mar 2026 - 32min
1189 - Extra: What drives the power of our tides and waves?
Tue, 24 Feb 2026 - 14min
1188 - Predicting Scorpion Strikes
Sun, 22 Feb 2026 - 35min
1187 - Extra: Does the Earth’s core hide vast hydrogen reservoirs?
Tue, 17 Feb 2026 - 15min
1186 - Making Life with Artificial Biological Intelligence
Sun, 15 Feb 2026 - 34min
1185 - Extra: Solar Maximum and the Northern lights explained
Tue, 10 Feb 2026 - 14min
1184 - What is Aphantasia? Why some brains can’t visualize
Sun, 08 Feb 2026 - 35min
1183 - Extra: What Is Childhood Dementia?
Tue, 03 Feb 2026 - 11min
1182 - Building a womb lining in the lab
Sun, 01 Feb 2026 - 36min
1181 - Extra: Turning muscle signals into speech
Tue, 27 Jan 2026 - 14min
1180 - Why some wounds won’t heal
Sun, 25 Jan 2026 - 31min
1179 - Extra: What if stopping Alzheimer’s means targeting one gene?
Tue, 20 Jan 2026 - 13min
1178 - Tackling Space Debris
Sun, 18 Jan 2026 - 31min
1177 - Extra: What exactly is DNA?
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 - 13min
1176 - How blood vessels boost lab-grown mini-brains
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 - 31min
1175 - Extra: Earth’s Early Wildfires
Tue, 06 Jan 2026 - 12min
1174 - The Surprising Flaws of Evolution
Sun, 04 Jan 2026 - 21min
1173 - Sustaining human life on the Moon and Mars
Sun, 04 Jan 2026 - 15min
1172 - Extra: CAR T-Cell Therapy (Best of)
Tue, 30 Dec 2025 - 19min
1171 - Best of Futureproof: Creating Dark Matter, Curing Addiction
Sun, 28 Dec 2025 - 33min
1170 - Extra: Obtaining Fingerprints from Ammunition (Best of)
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 - 14min
1169 - Best of Futureproof: Mirror Life & The Science of Embalming
Sun, 21 Dec 2025 - 44min
1168 - Extra: Is butt breathing achievable?
Tue, 16 Dec 2025 - 14min
1167 - The winter hibernation gene in animals
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 - 32min
1166 - Extra: Vitamin D is linked to BMI?
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 - 13min
1165 - Can we witness stars form planets?
Sat, 06 Dec 2025 - 34min
1164 - Extra: How we exploit artificial intelligence
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 - 15min
1163 - Is the human mind the next frontier in warfare?
Mon, 01 Dec 2025 - 29min
1162 - Extra: The one thing you need to know about electricity
Tue, 25 Nov 2025 - 19min
1161 - Treatment-resistant depression
Sat, 22 Nov 2025 - 26min
1160 - Extra: The Age of Rock
Tue, 18 Nov 2025 - 07min
1159 - Creating 'Mirror Life'
Sun, 16 Nov 2025 - 41min
1158 - Extra: How chimps rationally revise their beliefs & face blindness
Tue, 11 Nov 2025 - 35min
1157 - Recovering Lost Memories
Sun, 09 Nov 2025 - 35min
1156 - Extra: How Close Are We To Lab-Grown Teeth?
Tue, 04 Nov 2025 - 18min
1155 - Unusual Metamorphoses
Sun, 02 Nov 2025 - 28min
1154 - Extra: The Origin of Dark Energy
Tue, 28 Oct 2025 - 10min
1153 - Recovering fingerprints from ammunition for forensics
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 - 30min
1152 - Extra: How to verify supplement quality
Tue, 21 Oct 2025 - 16min
1151 - Why do pregnant women get morning sickness?
Sun, 19 Oct 2025 - 36min
1150 - Extra: The Future of Solar Energy
Tue, 14 Oct 2025 - 11min
1149 - The Harms of Over-Diagnosis
Sun, 12 Oct 2025 - 38min
1148 - Extra: Huntington’s disease slowed with gene therapy
Tue, 07 Oct 2025 - 14min
1147 - Rebuilding Our Body With Regenerative Medicine
Sun, 05 Oct 2025 - 29min
1146 - Extra: Making the world's smallest violin
Tue, 30 Sep 2025 - 11min

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