Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
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Subscribers: 444
Reviews: 3
Episodes: 248
Colm Farrell
Oct 7, 2020
A wonderful show for anyone interested in science. Jonathan's casual style makes it easy to listen to and manages to be both entertaining and informative at the same time. I'm a long-time listener and will remain so for many years to come!
spoon and the stars hostel
Jul 2, 2019
Great show, we love it!!!
Fergus wheatley
Mar 30, 2019
my favourite science podcast.
Description
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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Extra: Why Don't Woodpeckers Get Concussed?
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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The Interstellar Workshop
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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Extra: Extinctions: How Life Survives, Adapts and Evolves
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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The Purpose of the Universe
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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Extra: Could We Cure Brain Tumours?
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Near Death Experiences
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Gold: Where Are We?
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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Gold: DARPA - The Pentagon's Brain
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Extra: Studying psi
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Nuclear War: A Scenario
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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The Science of Menstruation
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Eat, Poop, Die
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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Extra: Enhancing Daylight
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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The Nocebo Effect
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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Extra: The Ice Cube Neutrino Observatory
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Who Owns The Moon?
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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Extra: Brain Fog
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Why We Humans Can Get Used To Just About Anything
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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Futureproof Extra: A New Habitat in the Pacific Garbage Patch
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Why Do Humans Grow Up So Slowly?
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Documentary Special: Scorched Earth
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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Extra: Managing Stress Via The Gut
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Could We Delay The Menopause?
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Futureproof Extra: The origins of Guinness yeast
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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How does a brain implant affect your mind?
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Feb 04, 2024 |
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Futureproof Extra: What is the Coriolis Effect?
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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How does the human eye see so many colours?
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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Futureproof Extra: How does our skin age?
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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The science of quantum teleportation
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Jan 21, 2024 |
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Futureproof Extra: The vest that could help predict sudden cardiac death
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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What makes urine yellow?
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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Futureproof Extra: Reaching for the Sun
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Warning drivers of road obstacles with 3D holograms
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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Best of 2023 - The Fascinating History of Measurement
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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Best of 2023 - Why Can't we Breathe Underwater?
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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Best of 2023 - Can we Live on Mars?
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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How can Humans Survive Extreme Cold?
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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The Atmospheric Phenomenom: STEVE
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: How your organs can be a different age to the rest of your body
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Creating VR Goggles for Mice
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Dec 17, 2023 |
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The Potential of Functional Foods
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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The Benefits of Hypoxia Training with Prof. Phil Jakeman
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: How leaves form their shapes
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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The importance of scepticism in science
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: Where do we save our memories?
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Should we delay clamping the umbilical cord?
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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Science Week Special: What are the biggest threats to humanity?
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: Exploring why UTIs persist with artificial bladders
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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EIRSAT-1: Ireland’s first satellite set for launch
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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Best of Futureproof: Why You Can't Focus
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: The problem with 'Forever Chemicals'
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Nature’s most effective and delicious toxins
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: Pigments in the fossil record & the medical applications of Biophotonics
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Does free will exist?
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Oct 22, 2023 |
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Do athletes perceive the world differently?
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: What causes male pattern hair loss?
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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What are the "JuMBO" objects found in the Orion Nebula?
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Oct 08, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: Just how big can our brains get?
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Are we too fixated on optimising our world?
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: Toxoplasma Gondii
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Lessons in longevity from the naked mole-rat
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: Protecting our underwater cultural heritage
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Can a robot be a person?
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: The World of Dust
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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What our eyes can tell us about our health
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: How rotational force is essential to everything
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Will we soon be able to cure obesity?
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: The Science of Cultured Meat
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Womb transplants and the future of reproductive medicine
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: Capturing Cosmic Dust
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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Can we reverse or stop ageing completely?
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: Burying nuclear waste in Finland
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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How to build a spacesuit
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: The Science of Suncream
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Black Holes in Bathtubs
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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How technology affects our sleep
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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The relationship between your gut and your relationships
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: How To Expect The Unexpected
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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How deepfakes impact your memory
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Jul 23, 2023 |
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Weapons of the Future, The Fibonacci Sequence & Cryo Conservation
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Jul 16, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: Geothermal Power
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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MDMA as a treatment for PTSD
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Jul 09, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: Ηow air pollution affects our health
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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The Woman Who Feels No Pain
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Jul 02, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: Harvesting electricity from thin air
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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The development of a new drug to prevent blood clotting
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Jun 25, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: Creating the First Synthetic Human Embryo
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Why Ireland Has Fewer Earthquakes Than Britain
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: The Dangers & Opportunities of Artificial Intelligence
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Tackling the growing problem of light pollution
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Jun 11, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: Combating Bad Data & Misleading Numbers
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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Innovating Healthcare: Galway's Clinical Revolution
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: Immunology Breakthrough
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May 30, 2023 |
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The First Egyptian Astronaut
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May 28, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: AI Mindreading
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May 23, 2023 |
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Why can’t we breathe underwater?
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May 21, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: Is Immortality by 2045 Possible?
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May 16, 2023 |
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The Science of Measurement
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May 14, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: The Secrets Of Our Seas
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May 08, 2023 |
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Lab-Grown Blood
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May 07, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: Curing Hearing Loss
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May 02, 2023 |
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Vaccine Patches
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: The Future of Surrogacy & AI
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Short Term Memory Illusions
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: 'JUICE' Mission & Exploring Jupiter
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Injectable Brain Implants
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: Interpreting Alien Signals
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Have we smelled everything in the world?
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Apr 09, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: How are diamonds formed?
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Thomas Hertog on space, time, and working with Stephen Hawking
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: The Trust Race
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Tickertape Synesthesia & The Future of Quantum Computing
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Mar 26, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: Tenacious Beasts
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Space prisons & other realities of living beyond Earth
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Mar 19, 2023 |
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Is ChatGPT the beginning of a general AI revolution?
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Mar 12, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: Ireland's first solar-powered racing car
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Futureproof Gold: Face Blindness & Super Recognition
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Do facial expressions influence our emotional state?
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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The Psychology of Revenge
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Feb 26, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: Will we soon be living on the moon?
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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The Science of Antidepressants
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Feb 19, 2023 |
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Creating a contraceptive pill for men
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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How to conduct an autopsy
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Feb 12, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: Underwater Avalanches
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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Do facial expressions influence our emotional state?
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Feb 05, 2023 |
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The Science of Sleep & Dreams
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Feb 05, 2023 |
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The Science of Semiconductors
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Understanding Endometriosis With Single-Cell Genomics
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: Hybrid Biomaterials for Spinal Cord Injuries
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Origins of the Africanized Honey Bee
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Jan 22, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: What makes Roman concrete so duarble?
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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How to build the first city on Mars
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Jan 15, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: The Benefits of Sperm Swimming in Groups
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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Is it getting harder to maintain focus?
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Jan 08, 2023 |
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Futureproof Special: The Best of 2022
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Jan 01, 2023 |
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Futureproof Extra: Beyond Our Five Senses
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Do Dark Matter & Dark Energy Actually Exist?
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Dec 18, 2022 |
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Futureproof Gold: Evolution's Bite
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: The Origins of Sentience
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Is Human Hibernation A Possibility?
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Dec 11, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: The Art of Making the Invisible Visible
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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Evidence of the Multiverse
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Dec 04, 2022 |
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Futureproof Gold: Enemies of the State
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Futureproof Live: Is there a limit to our intelligence?
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Nov 27, 2022 |
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Futureproof Live: Is it possible to run forever?
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Nov 20, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: Neurostimulation in E-Sports
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Gravity Batteries
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Nov 13, 2022 |
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The Sounds We Cannot Hear & What Can We Take To Make Us Live Longer?
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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Using AI to fight blindness
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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What is energy anyway?
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Oct 30, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: How do we tackle chronic pain?
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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Can Humpback whales be altruistic?
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Oct 23, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: The science behind bees' waggle dance
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Oct 16, 2022 |
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Is “Gamification” making fools of all of us?
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Oct 16, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: The new science of the heart
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Oct 09, 2022 |
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Human Organs-on-Chips
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Oct 09, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: The End of Medicine As We Know It
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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Thorium Nuclear Reactors
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Oct 02, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: The Large Hadron Collider & The Search for a Fifth Force
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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Longevity, Immortality and the quest to defeat death with Aubrey De Grey
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Sep 25, 2022 |
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The Future of Transport
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Sep 18, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: Survival of the Richest
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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Exploring the Idea of Plant Intelligence
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Sep 11, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: What Animals Can Teach Us About Living Longer
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Sep 10, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: The Genetic Age
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Chemputers & The Future of Chemistry
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Sep 04, 2022 |
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The Futureproof Language Special
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Aug 28, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: Prader-Willi Syndrome
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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The Science of Attraction
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Aug 21, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: The Last Days of the Dinosaurs
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Inside The Mind of a Bee
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Aug 14, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: The Trouble with Cloning Birds
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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Why Usain Bolt Can’t Outrun Your Cat
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Aug 07, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: Why Do We See Ghosts?
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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Is Animal Translation Possible?
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Jul 31, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: The Science of Bisexuality
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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The Hidden Depths of Animal Perception
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Jul 24, 2022 |
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The Dream Machine
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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Gazing Into the Deepest Depths of the Cosmos
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Jul 17, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: The Secret Perfume of Birds
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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How To Change Someone's Mind
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Jul 10, 2022 |
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Futureproof Gold: DARPA - The Pentagon's Brain
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: The Cutting-Edge Tech of Modern Operating Theatres
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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A Brief History of Weaponised Insects
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Jul 03, 2022 |
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Futureproof Gold: What is Time?
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: Fair Seas & Potecting Our Marine Habitats
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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SIRT 6: The Longevity Gene
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Jun 26, 2022 |
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Could Google's LaMDA Really Be Sentient?
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Jun 19, 2022 |
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How The Science of Dogs Changed The Science of Life
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: Treating Spinal Cord Injuries
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: How Sensors Shape Our Everyday Life
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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What Does It Mean To Be Alive?
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Jun 05, 2022 |
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Futureproof Gold: The Science of Smell
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May 31, 2022 |
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Futureproof Special: United By DNA
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May 29, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: The Sound of The Universe & Everything In It
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May 24, 2022 |
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The Cutting-Edge Science of Transplants
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May 22, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: A Genetic History of the Americas
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May 17, 2022 |
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What Happened Before The Big Bang?
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May 15, 2022 |
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The Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory
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May 10, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: Upcycling CO2
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May 10, 2022 |
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A New Understanding Of Epilepsy
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May 03, 2022 |
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What Goes In To Designing A Rollercoaster?
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May 01, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: Are Smaller Scorpions More Deadly
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Sequencing the Complete Human Genome
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Apr 24, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: Paleoburrows
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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50 Years of the The Dunedin Study
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Apr 17, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: What We Don't Know About Gravity
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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Creating Synthetic Alcohol
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Apr 10, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: The Joy of Science with Jim Al-Khalili
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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Designing a Vaccine for Covid-19
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Apr 03, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: Why Do We Hate?
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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The End of the Age of Astronauts
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Mar 27, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: Genomics
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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How Motorsport Science Can Save The World
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Mar 20, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: The Expectation Effect
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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Can Animals Detect Natural Disasters?
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Mar 13, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: Measuring Intelligence
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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NeoMimix: The New Sperm Selection Technology
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Mar 06, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: The Winchcombe Lockdown Meteorite
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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A Forensic Look at Solving Crimes
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: Hybrid Humans
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Unraveling the Mysteries of our Ancient Dead
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Feb 20, 2022 |
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What Sleep Can Teach Us About Epilepsy
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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Can Geoengineering Help in the Fight Against Climate Change?
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Feb 13, 2022 |
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Why Are We So Obsessed With Measuring Time?
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Why Is Chewing So Important?
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Feb 06, 2022 |
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Could We Be On The Verge Of A Vaccine For MS?
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Jan 30, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: How Do We Navigate?
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Where Are All The Irish Dinosaurs?
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Jan 23, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: A Natural History of the Future
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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What Life In Space Teaches Us About Life On Earth
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Jan 16, 2022 |
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Futureproof Gold: The Milgram Experiments
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: The Robbers Cave Experiment
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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What Is Testosterone?
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Jan 09, 2022 |
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Futureproof Extra: Reading Monkey Brains with AI
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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Why Do We Kiss?
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Dec 19, 2021 |
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Futureproof Extra: Resignation Syndrome & Other Mysterious Illnesses
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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FutureProof Gold: The Pentagon's Brain
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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How Military Funding Shapes What We Know About The Oceans
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Dec 12, 2021 |
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Deepfakes: Have We Crossed The Uncanny Valley?
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Dec 05, 2021 |
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Futureproof Extra: Of Sound Mind
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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Can We Make Synthetic Blood?
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Nov 28, 2021 |
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The Cosmos, Blackholes & Time Loops With Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Nov 21, 2021 |
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Futureproof Extra: The Invisible Universe
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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Can Self-Driving Cars Be Moral?
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Nov 14, 2021 |
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The Intricate Skills Required For Bomb Disposal
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Nov 07, 2021 |
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Futureproof Extra: Fighting Infectious Diseases
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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Life As We Made It
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Oct 31, 2021 |