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Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

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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.

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510 episodes

  1. Extra: AI Weather Forecasting 17:49
  2. Who are Nature’s Doctors? 32:02
  3. Extra: The highs and lows of a life in space exploration 15:17
  4. Why Does Nature Make Having A Baby So Hard? 44:31
  5. Extra: Chris Hadfield on the importance of space exploration 24:40
  6. Meeting the Astronauts of Artemis II 39:27
  7. Extra: 3D Printing 8:08
  8. The History of Linking Computers with Human Brains 49:58
  9. Extra: The Hidden Power of Leaves 16:26
  10. What is ancient smallpox doing in Trinity? 30:00
  11. Futureproof Gold: Chances 32:49
  12. Extra: A Computer Made From DNA 13:50
  13. Symbiosis: Collaboration in Nature 37:13
  14. Extra: CMLase - The Enzyme That Could Reverse Ageing 14:38
  15. Why are killer whales ramming yachts? 39:14
  16. Extra: Did Life Start Twice On Earth? 15:00
  17. Could ozempic cure addiction? 36:08
  18. Extra: Behind The Scenes of The Lost Bridge 24:02
  19. Futureproof Special: The Lost Bridge 43:56
  20. Gold: What is time? 28:22
  21. Extra: Decoding Birdsong 14:36
  22. Jim Al-Khalili on time and time travel 39:13
  23. Extra: The Genetics of Wrongdoing 18:22
  24. Did we find evidence of life on Mars in the 1970’s? 42:49
  25. Extra: Growing Old in Ireland - 20 Years of the TILDA Study 19:01
  26. How many insects are there? 37:20
  27. Extra: The Irish scientists tackling organ transplant rejection 17:11
  28. The Greenland shark discovered on Ireland’s coast 28:54
  29. Gold: Neil DeGrasse Tyson - A Brief Welcome to the Universe 36:47
  30. Observing the Solar Eclipse 46:41
  31. Gold: How does the brain conjure consciousness? 21:11
  32. Could AI be conscious? 1:00:00
  33. Extra: Could base editing lead to designer babies? 13:36
  34. The fish species with no males 41:14
  35. Extra: ET Code of Conduct 18:13
  36. The problem solving powers of bumblebees 31:31
  37. Extra: Neuroscience and AI 21:31
  38. Is sitting down for long periods killing us? 25:37
  39. Extra: What is Cystinosis? 12:23
  40. Is photographic memory a real thing? 33:12
  41. Extra: How VR can improve the health of the elderly 21:34
  42. The Internet of Animals 33:49
  43. Extra: How Wi-Fi can be used for surveillance 14:36
  44. What happens when you're struck by lightning? 44:10
  45. Extra: Can we cure nightmares? 17:24
  46. Before Trees - What Were ‘Prototaxites’? 31:29
  47. Extra: Was there human sacrifice in ancient Rome? 13:27
  48. How does sperm work in outer space? 33:37
  49. Extra: How microbes tackle pollution 15:24
  50. The Chimpanzee War in Uganda 42:56