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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Extra: What exactly is DNA?
13/01/2026 Duration: 13minGuest: Dr Kevin Mitchell, Associate Professor of Genetics and Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin
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How blood vessels boost lab-grown mini-brains
11/01/2026 Duration: 31minGuests:Dr Mihai Lomora, Scientist with CÚRAM, the Research Ireland Centre for Medical Devices based at the University of GalwayDr Jessamyn Fairfield from the School of Natural Sciences at the University of GalwayDr Fergus McAuliffe, Head of Research Engagement and Impact at Trinity College Dublin
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Extra: Earth’s Early Wildfires
06/01/2026 Duration: 12minGuest: Dr Clayton Magill, Associate Professor of Biogeochemistry at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland
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Sustaining human life on the Moon and Mars
04/01/2026 Duration: 15minGuest: Professor Matthew Gilliham, Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plants for Space, at the University of Adelaide
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The Surprising Flaws of Evolution
04/01/2026 Duration: 21minDr Andy Dobson, author of ‘Flaws of Nature: The Limits and Liabilities of Natural Selection’
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Extra: CAR T-Cell Therapy (Best of)
30/12/2025 Duration: 19minGuests:Dr Larry Bacon, Consultant Haematologist from St James’s HospitalDr Nicola Gardiner, Chief Medical Scientist at the Cryobiology Laboratory Stem Cell Facility at St James’s
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Best of Futureproof: Creating Dark Matter, Curing Addiction
28/12/2025 Duration: 33minGuests:Dr John Regan, Maynooth UniversityYale Neuroscientist Vaughn Steele
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Extra: Obtaining Fingerprints from Ammunition (Best of)
23/12/2025 Duration: 14minGuest: Dr Colm McKeever, Assistant Lecturer and Researcher in Analytical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Biotechnology, at TUS
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Best of Futureproof: Mirror Life & The Science of Embalming
21/12/2025 Duration: 44minGuests:Kate Adamala, Associate Professor of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development at the University of MinnesotaGlyn Tallon, Founder of Tallon Mortuary Specialists in Navan
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Extra: Is butt breathing achievable?
16/12/2025 Duration: 14minGuest: Prof John Laffey, Professor of Anaesthesia Intensive Care Medicine at the School of Medicine of the University of Galway and a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at Galway University Hospitals.
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The winter hibernation gene in animals
13/12/2025 Duration: 32minGuests:Professor Tyler Stevenson, Head of Physiology, Ageing & Welfare at the University of GlasgowDr Ruth Freeman of Research IrelandDr Fergus McAuliffe, Head of Research Engagement and Impact at Trinity College Dublin
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Extra: Vitamin D is linked to BMI?
09/12/2025 Duration: 13minGuest: Prof Lena Zgaga, Professor in Epidemiology at the Department of Public Health and Primary Care at the School of Health in Trinity
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Can we witness stars form planets?
06/12/2025 Duration: 34minGuests:Dr Emma Whelan, Department of Experimental Physics, Maynooth UniversityDr Tara Shine, Change by DegreesDr Ruth Freeman, Research Ireland
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Extra: How we exploit artificial intelligence
02/12/2025 Duration: 15minGuest: Taha Yasseri, Director of the Joint Centre for Sociology of Humans and Machines at Trinity College Dublin
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Is the human mind the next frontier in warfare?
01/12/2025 Duration: 29minGuests:Malcolm Dando, Emeritus Professor at the School of Social Sciences at the University of BradfordDr Shelley Brady of DCUDr Shane Bergin of UCD
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Extra: The one thing you need to know about electricity
25/11/2025 Duration: 19minGuest: Marcus Chown, Science Writer and author of ‘The One Thing You Need to Know’
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Treatment-resistant depression
22/11/2025 Duration: 26minGuests:Professor Valerie Voon, Professor of Neuropsychiatry and Neuromodulation at the University of CambridgeDr Jessamyn Fairfield of the School of Natural Sciences at the University of GalwayDr Shane Bergin, Physicist at UCD
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Extra: The Age of Rock
18/11/2025 Duration: 07minGuest: Dr Anjana Khatwa, earth scientist and author of ‘The Whispers of Rock – Stories from the Earth'
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Creating 'Mirror Life'
16/11/2025 Duration: 41minGuests:Kate Adamala, Associate Professor of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development at the University of MinnesotaImmunologist Dr Lara DunganDr John Regan, Department of Theoretical Physics at Maynooth University
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Extra: How chimps rationally revise their beliefs & face blindness
11/11/2025 Duration: 35minGuests:Dr Emily Sanford, Postdoctoral Researcher in Psychology at the University of California BerkeleyFiona Newell, Professor of Experimental Psychology at the Trinity Institute of NeurosciencesMeike Ramon, Cognitive Neuroscientist and Assistant Professor at the University of Fribourg