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: 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
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Recovering Lost Memories
09/11/2025 Duration: 35minGuests:Prof Jane Aspell, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Head of the Self and Body Lab at Anglia Ruskin UniversityDr Ruth Freeman of Research IrelandDr Shelley Brady, DCU
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Extra: How Close Are We To Lab-Grown Teeth?
04/11/2025 Duration: 18minGuest: Ana Angelova Volponi of King’s College London
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Unusual Metamorphoses
02/11/2025 Duration: 28minGuests:Author Oren HarmanShane Bergin & Susan Kelleher
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Extra: The Origin of Dark Energy
28/10/2025 Duration: 10minGuest: Prof Kate Maguire, Professor In Astrophysics at Trinity College Dublin
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Recovering fingerprints from ammunition for forensics
26/10/2025 Duration: 30minGuests:Dr Colm McKeever, Assistant Lecturer and Researcher in Analytical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Biotechnology, at TUSDr Shelley Brady, DCUDr Laura Hayes, DIAS
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Why do pregnant women get morning sickness?
19/10/2025 Duration: 36minGuests:Professor Molly Fox of UCLALaura HayesShane Bergin
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Extra: The Future of Solar Energy
14/10/2025 Duration: 11minGuest: Paul Deane, Clean Energy Futures Lecturer at UCC
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The Harms of Over-Diagnosis
12/10/2025 Duration: 38minGuests:Neurologist Dr Suzanne O'SullivanShelley Brady, DCUShane Bergin, UCD
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Extra: Huntington’s disease slowed with gene therapy
07/10/2025 Duration: 14minGuest: Dr Lauren Byrne, Principal Investigator at the Huntington’s Disease Centre at UCL
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Rebuilding Our Body With Regenerative Medicine
05/10/2025 Duration: 29minGuests:Mary Roach, Science AuthorDr Laura Hayes, DIASDr Jessamyn Fairfield, University of Galway
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Extra: Making the world's smallest violin
30/09/2025 Duration: 11minGuest: Prof Kelly Morrison, Professor of Experimental Physics at Loughborough University
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The creation of artificial cartilage
28/09/2025 Duration: 37minGuests:Prof Oren A. Scherman, Professor of Supramolecular & Polymer Chemistry, and Director of the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis at the University of CambridgeDr John ReganDr Lara Dungan
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Extra: Dinosaur eggs directly dated for the first time
23/09/2025 Duration: 13minGuest: Professor Maria McNamara, Professor of Palaeontology at University College Cork
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"Clearest sign" of life on Mars
21/09/2025 Duration: 33minGuests:Professor Sanjeev Gupta, Professor of Earth Science at Imperial College LondonDr Susan Kelleher of DCUDr Shane Bergin of UCD
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Extra: Heart attacks may be triggered by infections
16/09/2025 Duration: 14minGuest: Prof Claudia Monaco, Professor of Cardiovascular Inflammation at the University of Oxford
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Dublin head scanner is 'breakthrough' in brain research
14/09/2025 Duration: 31minGuests:Prof Redmond O'Connell, Professor in Decision Neuroscience at Trinity College DublinDr Ruth Freeman of Research IrelandDr Shane Bergin of UCD