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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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Why are some species better at fooling predators?

2 days ago - 33 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Extra: How Does Pure Mathematics Shape Our World?

7 days ago - 13 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Extra: Did black holes create dark matter?

13 days ago - 15 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Can we programme life like software?

13 days ago - 32 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Extra: How do new planets form?

21 days ago - 17 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Vacuuming DNA & Is the ocean darkening?

23 days ago - 30 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Futureproof Extra: Why Do We See Ghosts?

Have you ever seen a ghost, or a UFO, or had some seemingly supernatural experience that you can’t explain? If you haven’t, we'd be willing to bet you probably know someone who has. These experiences are fairly common across cultures and they can’t all be the work of hoaxers and charlatans. So what’s going on? Chris French is Emeritus Professor of Psychology in the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit at the Goldsmiths University of London. He joins Jonathan to discuss.