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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 Gold: Plant Cognition

For many people Veganism is a moral decision based on the desire not to harm organisms that can think and feel. But is it only animals that can demonstrate these qualities?  Monica Gagliano is Research Associate Professor and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow At the Centre for Evolutionary Biology in The University of Western Australia. First Aired: 7/1/2018