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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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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.

Listen and subscribe to Futureproof with Johnathan McCrea on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.  

You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'

    How the things you see could alter how long you live!

    How the things you see could alter how long you live!

    Guest: Christi Gendron - Research Assistant Professor in Molecular & Integrative Physiology at The University of Michigan.

    • 38 min
    Extra: The Evolutionary Effects of Endurance Hunting

    Extra: The Evolutionary Effects of Endurance Hunting

    Eugene Morin - Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Trent University @TrentUResearch @TrentUniversity

    • 18 min
    Time Dilation & The Practical Challenges of Interstellar Travel

    Time Dilation & The Practical Challenges of Interstellar Travel

    Les Johnson - Author & Space Technologist

    • 39 min
    Gold: Faces

    Gold: Faces

    In this special episode of Futureproof we look at Face Blindness and super recognition with Professor Fiona Newell - Professor of Experimental Psychology at the Trinity Institiute of Neurosciences and Meike Ramon - Cognitive neuroscientist and Assistant Professor at the University of Fribourg

    • 21 min
    Extra: Carbon Capture

    Extra: Carbon Capture

    Dr John Breen - Chief Technology Officer of NEG8 Carbon @NEG8Carbon

    • 18 min
    How the way we walk can tell us how healthy we are!

    How the way we walk can tell us how healthy we are!

    Guests this week:
    Dr Aidan Boran - Founder/CEO at Digital Gait Labs @aidan_boran 

    Professor Seán Kennelly - Consultant Geriatrician and Director of the Institute of Memory & Cognition at Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) @SPKennelly @TUH_Tallaght

    • 34 min

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