Synopsis
Jonathan McCrea brings you the latest developments from the world of Science and Technology from robotics in warfare to artificial lifeforms and beyond
Episodes
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Should we reintroduce wolves to Ireland?
02/03/2025 Duration: 32minGuests: Dr Jonny Hanson QUBDr Annie CurtisDr Shane Bergin
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Extra: How our Brains Handle Aggression
25/02/2025 Duration: 11minGuest: Dayu Lin, Neuroscientist and Professor of Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Physiology at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine.
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Understanding More About the Sun & The Science of Risk
23/02/2025 Duration: 42minGuests:Dr Laura Hayes, Solar Physicist.Don Ross, Professor of Philosophy and Behavioural Economist.
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The Migration Journey for ‘Animal Athletes’
16/02/2025 Duration: 34minGuests: Dr Lucy HawkesDr Ruth FreemanDr Laura Dungan
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Extra: Meteorite Hunting
11/02/2025 Duration: 17minGuest: Joshua Howgego, author of 'The Meteorite Hunters'
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Toxic Semen in Mosquitoes
09/02/2025 Duration: 35minGuests:Dr Ruth Freeman.Dr Laura Dungan.Associate Professor in Applied BiosSciences at Macquarie University, Maciej Maselko.
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Futureproof Extra: Bioprinted Hearts
04/02/2025 Duration: 18minGuest: Professor Andrew Daly, Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Galway.
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When Mega-Icebergs Melt
02/02/2025 Duration: 29minGuest: Prof Geraint Tarling of the British Antarctic Survey.Also Newsround with Shane Bergin and Ruth Freeman.
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Extra: What is AMOC? And Why is it Changing?
28/01/2025 Duration: 18minGuest: Dr Gerard McCarthy, Oceanographer with ICARUS Climate Research Centre and Department of Geography.
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How New Memories Are Formed
26/01/2025 Duration: 30minGuest: Antonio Fernando Ruiz, Assistant Professor and Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences at Cornell University.
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Extra: Carbon Dioxide's Secrets
21/01/2025 Duration: 15minGuest: Dr Hana Jurikova, senior research fellow at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of St Andrews.
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How Decontamination Happens in Space
19/01/2025 Duration: 28minGuest: Dr Lokesh Joshi, Stokes Professor of Glycosciences at the Infectious Diseases Section of the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences at the University of Galway.
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Extra: The Wallace Line
14/01/2025 Duration: 13minGuest: Ian McFadden, Lecturer in Computational Ecology, Queen Mary University of London
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What Trees Can Tell Us
12/01/2025 Duration: 33minGuest: Tristan Gooley, author of 'How to Read a Tree'
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Extra: Bird Flu Epidemic in American Cattle
07/01/2025 Duration: 15minGuest: Maryn McKenna, Author and Journalist.
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What connects cancer & Alzheimer's disease?
05/01/2025 Duration: 42minGuest: Erin Abner, Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health at the University of Kentucky.
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The Best of 2024
29/12/2024 Duration: 47minGuests:Les Johnson - Author & Chief Technologist with NASA @LesAuthor @IRG_Space.Robin Tanamachi - Associate Professor in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at Purdue University @tornatrix @PurdueEAPS @LifeAtPurdue.Sam Parnia - Director of Critical Care & Resuscitation Research at the New York University School of Medicine and author of Lucid Dying: The New Science Revolutionizing How We Understand Life and Death @nyugsom_ccrs @nyulangone.
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Extra: What Animals Understand About Death
24/12/2024 Duration: 20minGuest: Susana Monso - Philosopher of Animal Minds at the National Distance Education University in Madrid and Author of Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death @UNED.
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Into the Unknown
22/12/2024 Duration: 30minGuest: Kelsey Johnson - Professor of Astronomy at the University of Virginia, former president of the American Astronomical Society & author of Into the Unknown: The Quest to Understand the Mysteries of the Cosmos @UVaAstroLabs @UVA.