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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Episodes
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Feb 23, 2025 • 43min
Understanding More About the Sun & The Science of Risk
Guests:Dr Laura Hayes, Solar Physicist.Don Ross, Professor of Philosophy and Behavioural Economist.
Feb 18, 2025 • 16min
Extra: Solving Obesity
Guest: Professor Giles Yeo
Feb 16, 2025 • 34min
The Migration Journey for ‘Animal Athletes’
Guests: Dr Lucy HawkesDr Ruth FreemanDr Laura Dungan
Feb 11, 2025 • 17min
Extra: Meteorite Hunting
Guest: Joshua Howgego, author of 'The Meteorite Hunters'
Feb 9, 2025 • 36min
Toxic Semen in Mosquitoes
Guests:Dr Ruth Freeman.Dr Laura Dungan.Associate Professor in Applied BiosSciences at Macquarie University, Maciej Maselko.
Feb 4, 2025 • 18min
Futureproof Extra: Bioprinted Hearts
Guest: Professor Andrew Daly, Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Galway.
Feb 2, 2025 • 30min
When Mega-Icebergs Melt
Guest: Prof Geraint Tarling of the British Antarctic Survey.Also Newsround with Shane Bergin and Ruth Freeman.
Jan 28, 2025 • 19min
Extra: What is AMOC? And Why is it Changing?
Guest: Dr Gerard McCarthy, Oceanographer with ICARUS Climate Research Centre and Department of Geography.
Jan 26, 2025 • 31min
How New Memories Are Formed
Guest: Antonio Fernando Ruiz, Assistant Professor and Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences at Cornell University.
Jan 21, 2025 • 16min
Extra: Carbon Dioxide's Secrets
Guest: Dr Hana Jurikova, senior research fellow at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of St Andrews.
