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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'

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Futureproof Extra: The Evolution of Crocodiles

Evolution is one of, if not the key ingredient to life on this planet surviving. Our ability to adapt and change make us, and the animals and plants we share this planet with, so successful. But we don’t all evolve at the same rate and some of us don’t seem to evolve very much at all. So, how is it that the likes of crocodiles are so successful?  Max Stockdale, Teaching Associate in the School of Geographical Sciences at Bristol University joined Jonathan to disuss. 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'.