Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
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Episodes
Mentioned books
Oct 28, 2025 • 10min
Extra: The Origin of Dark Energy
Guest: Prof Kate Maguire, Professor In Astrophysics at Trinity College Dublin
Oct 26, 2025 • 31min
Recovering fingerprints from ammunition for forensics
Guests:Dr Colm McKeever, Assistant Lecturer and Researcher in Analytical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Biotechnology, at TUSDr Shelley Brady, DCUDr Laura Hayes, DIAS
Oct 21, 2025 • 16min
Extra: How to verify supplement quality
Guest: Professor John Nolan
Oct 19, 2025 • 37min
Why do pregnant women get morning sickness?
Guests:Professor Molly Fox of UCLALaura HayesShane Bergin
Oct 14, 2025 • 11min
Extra: The Future of Solar Energy
In this enlightening discussion, Paul Deane, a Senior Lecturer in Clean Energy Futures at UCC, dives into the mechanics of solar energy. He explains how photovoltaics transform sunlight into electricity and tackles the efficiency hurdles and cost reductions that have propelled solar into the mainstream. Paul also discusses the longevity and low maintenance of solar panels, their modular deployment, and what makes some rooftops unsuitable. Lastly, he highlights the future of energy with an emphasis on decentralization and innovative storage solutions.
Oct 12, 2025 • 39min
The Harms of Over-Diagnosis
Guests:Neurologist Dr Suzanne O'SullivanShelley Brady, DCUShane Bergin, UCD
Oct 7, 2025 • 15min
Extra: Huntington’s disease slowed with gene therapy
Guest: Dr Lauren Byrne, Principal Investigator at the Huntington’s Disease Centre at UCL
Oct 5, 2025 • 29min
Rebuilding Our Body With Regenerative Medicine
Guests:Mary Roach, Science AuthorDr Laura Hayes, DIASDr Jessamyn Fairfield, University of Galway
Sep 30, 2025 • 12min
Extra: Making the world's smallest violin
Guest: Prof Kelly Morrison, Professor of Experimental Physics at Loughborough University
Sep 28, 2025 • 38min
The creation of artificial cartilage
Guests: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
