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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

Futureproof Extra: The Science of Risk (Best of)

2 days ago - 15 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Best of Futureproof: Becoming Concious & Rare Blood Plasma

4 days ago - 33 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Extra: How soon could we see lab-grown teeth?

9 days ago - 13 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

The Science of Embalming

11 days ago - 35 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Extra: How micro-robots will help detect cancer in patients

16 days ago - 15 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

What we know (and don't know) about the cosmos

18 days ago - 41 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Futureproof Gold: Face Blindness & Super Recognition

This is a special episode on 'Face Blindness' & 'Super Recognition' featuring Fiona Newell, Professor of Experimental Psychology at the Trinity Institute of Neurosciences, and Meike Ramon, Cognitive Neuroscientist and Assistant Professor at the University of Fribourg. Together they explore 'Prosopagnosia' aka "Face Blindness", a neurological disorder characterised by the inability to recognize faces. First aired on May 25th, 2021