Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Newstalk
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Sep 23, 2025 • 13min

Extra: Dinosaur eggs directly dated for the first time

Guest: Professor Maria McNamara, Professor of Palaeontology at University College Cork
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Sep 21, 2025 • 33min

"Clearest sign" of life on Mars

Guests:Professor Sanjeev Gupta, Professor of Earth Science at Imperial College LondonDr Susan Kelleher of DCUDr Shane Bergin of UCD
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Sep 16, 2025 • 14min

Extra: Heart attacks may be triggered by infections

Guest: Prof Claudia Monaco, Professor of Cardiovascular Inflammation at the University of Oxford
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Sep 14, 2025 • 31min

Dublin head scanner is 'breakthrough' in brain research

Guests:Prof Redmond O'Connell, Professor in Decision Neuroscience at Trinity College DublinDr Ruth Freeman of Research IrelandDr Shane Bergin of UCD
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Sep 9, 2025 • 13min

Extra: Misophonia Rehabilitation

Guest: Olwyn Morris, Audiologist and clinic owner of Medico Audiology
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Sep 7, 2025 • 34min

How Humans Came to Walk Upright

Guests:Dr Terence D. Capellini, Chair of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard UniversityDr Lara Dungan, ImmunologistDr Shane Bergin of UCD
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Sep 2, 2025 • 14min

Extra: What is Weaver Syndrome?

Guest: Adrian Bracken, Professor of Chromatin Biology at the Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin
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Aug 31, 2025 • 35min

Creating Toothpaste Made From Hair

Guests:Dr Sherif Elsharkawy, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Prosthodontics, at the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences at King's College LondonDr Shelley Brady of DCUProfessor Oran Kennedy of the RCSI
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Aug 26, 2025 • 15min

Extra: Eirsat-1 and The Future of Irish Satellites

With Dr David McKeown, Assistant Professor at the UCD Centre for Space Research.
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Aug 26, 2025 • 37min

Attacking Cancer: CAR T-Cell Therapy

With Dr Larry Bacon, Consultant Haematologist from St James’s Hospital, and Dr Nicola Gardiner, Chief Medical Scientist at the Cryobiology Laboratory Stem Cell Facility at St James’s.Newsround with Dr Ruth Freeman from Research Ireland and science communicator Fergus McAuliffe.

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