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Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

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'

Latest episodes

Extra: How do new planets form?

8 days ago - 17 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Vacuuming DNA & Is the ocean darkening?

10 days ago - 30 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

'Mr Mummy' on King Tut's tomb and performing a mummification

17 days ago - 47 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Extra: Lyme Disease

22 days ago - 14 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Is The Earth's Core Leaking?

23 days ago - 33 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Extra: Imperfect Genetics

a month ago - 13 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Futureproof Extra: Solar Thermal Propulsion

In 2012 the Voyager 1 probe became the first man-made object to enter interstellar space, traveling "further than anyone, or anything, in history". This is an astonishing feat and one that took 35 years to achieve. But if we are ever to get to go beyond the reaches of the heliosphere again we can’t really wait that long again. So, how might we get there? Jason Benkoski, a Materials Scientist specializing in Planetary research at John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory joined Jonathan to discuss. Listen and subscribe to Futureproof with Jonathan 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 adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.