Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
Science
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. Listen and subscribe to Futureproof with Johnathan McCrea on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'
Location:
Dublin, Ireland
Description:
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. Listen and subscribe to Futureproof with Johnathan McCrea on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'
Twitter:
@newstalkscience
Language:
English
Contact:
Newstalk HQ Marconi House Digges Lane Dublin 2 1890 453106
Email:
science@newstalk.com
Episodes
Extra: Mushroom Robots
12/17/2024
Rob Shepherd - Professor in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University @CornellMAE @Cornell.
Duración:00:13:56
How quantum computing works
12/17/2024
Dr. Ciaran Hickey - Assistant Professor in the School of Physics at UCD and a member of UCD's Centre for Quantum Engineering, Science and Technology (C-QuEST) @Ciaran__Hickey @cquest_ucd @ucddublin.
Duración:00:34:25
Extra: Private speech in twins
12/10/2024
Nancy Segal - Professor of Psychology, Director of the Twin Studies Center at California State University and author of 9 books about twins @nlsegal.
Duración:00:13:49
Can death be abolished?
12/8/2024
Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston - Neuroscientist and author of The Future Loves You: How and Why We Should Abolish Death @ariel_zj.
Duración:00:47:09
Extra: The Prosthetic Memory System
12/3/2024
Dr. Robert Hampson - Professor of Physiology/Pharmacology and Neurology at Wake Forest School of Medicine and lead author of this paper @wakehealth
Duración:00:13:40
Evolution's Bite and the Synthetic Age
12/1/2024
Peter Ungar - Paleoanthropologist and Author of Evolution’s Bite: A Story of Teeth, Diet, and Human Origins @PeterSUngar
Christopher Preston - Professor of Philosophy at the University Of Montana and Author of The Synthetic Age: Outdesigning Evolution, Resurrecting Species, and Reengineering Our World @SyntheticAge
Duración:00:32:18
Extra: Regeneration - The Internal World
11/26/2024
Caroline Curtin - Senior lecturer in the Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland @CarolineCurtin8 @AnatRcsi
Garry Duffy - Professor of Anatomy and Regenerative Therapies at University of Galway @gduffy00 @uniofgalway
Duración:00:16:29
What 'mastering' AI looks like
11/24/2024
Jeremy Kahn - AI Editor at Fortune Magazine and author of Mastering AI: A Survival Guide to Our Superpowered Future @jeremyakahn @FortuneMagazine
Duración:00:52:56
Extra: Regeneration - Virtual Worlds
11/19/2024
Peter Lynch - Lecturer in Computer Games in TUD 0868130745 @WeAreTUDublin
Aphra Kerr - Professor of Information & Communication Studies and a senior adviser at the UCD Centre for Digital Policy 0872891531 @AphraK @DigitalPolicyIE
Duración:00:15:07
Futureproof Live Science Week Special
11/17/2024
Collie Ennis - Science Officer with the Herpetological Society of Ireland, Zoology research associate at Trinity College and co-host of The Critter Shed Podcast
Aedin McAdams - PhD student in Trinity College Dublin, researching habitat restoration
Duración:00:33:03
Extra: A new blood pressure diagnostic device
11/12/2024
David Connolly - Cardiovascular Research Programme Manager - College of Medicine, Nursing Health Sciences at National University of Ireland, Galway.
Duración:00:18:32
Landing the Paris Agreement
11/10/2024
Todd Stern - Chief US negotiator on climate change for President Barack Obama and author of Landing the Paris Climate Agreement: How It Happened, Why It Matters, and What Comes Next @tsterndc.
Duración:00:43:33
Extra: Why are animals the size they are?
11/5/2024
Dr. Shovonlal Roy - Ecosystem modeller and Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Science at the University of Reading.
Duración:00:16:05
Extra: What Is The Fairest Electoral System?
11/4/2024
Now if you’re anything like me, it’s at around this time every four or so years when you once again find yourself wondering how it’s possible that the person who wins the vote to be the next US President can get less votes and still win.
It doesn’t seem fair at all but of course there are many ways in which democracy can seem unfair.
So just what is the fairset system?
Elizabeth Maggie Penn is Professor of Political Science and Quantitative Theory & Methods at Emory University.
Duración:00:13:50
Was ancient Greece's Antikythera mechanism the world's first computer?
11/3/2024
Mike Edmunds - Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics at Cardiff University & Founding member of the Antikythera Mechanism Research Project @cardiffPHYSX.
Duración:00:39:13
Extra: Mapping the brain of a fly
10/29/2024
Guest: Tamara Boto - Assistant Professor of Physiology in Trinity College Dublin @TamaraBoto @TCDPhysiology @tcddublin
Duración:00:13:49
The future of law enforcement
10/27/2024
Guest: Martin Mullins - Director of Transgero and Professor of Risk Manangement at the University of Limerick @mjamullins @transgero @UL
Duración:00:33:14
Extra: Estimating Ireland's ancient populations
10/22/2024
Guest: Rowan McLaughlin - Researcher in the Hamilton Institute at Maynooth University @MU_Hamilton @MaynoothUni
Duración:00:17:26
Replicating the moon
10/20/2024
Guest: Aidan Cowley - Science Officer at European Space Agency @esa @esaspaceflight
Duración:00:35:40
Extra: Incredible new heart-imaging technology
10/15/2024
Guest: Dr. Christoph Hennersperger, Co-Founder and CTO, Luma Vision.
Duración:00:15:59