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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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Extra: Why is our Earth spinning faster?

3 days ago - 14 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

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Extra: The role of mitochondria in why we need sleep

10 days ago - 13 mins

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What determines the birth sex of a child?

12 days ago - 33 mins

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Extra: Why newborns feel pain differently to adults

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19 days ago - 37 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Futureproof Extra: Treating Spinal Cord Injuries

An injury to the spinal cord can be hugely traumatic and life-changing in nature. And while inroads have been made in terms of the development of treatments, there’s still a way to go. But what are the treatments currently in development and are outcomes getting any better than they were 20 years ago? Dr. Rory Murphy is a neurosurgeon in the Department of Neurosurgery at Barrow Neurological Institute, in Phoenix, Arizona - he joined Jonathan to discuss.