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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

Extra: How Does Pure Mathematics Shape Our World?

5 days ago - 13 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Extra: Did black holes create dark matter?

11 days ago - 15 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Can we programme life like software?

11 days ago - 32 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Extra: How do new planets form?

19 days ago - 17 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Vacuuming DNA & Is the ocean darkening?

21 days ago - 30 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

'Mr Mummy' on King Tut's tomb and performing a mummification

a month ago - 47 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Futureproof Gold: Rogue Planets

In recent years the numbers of Exoplanets being discovered has skyrocketed.  We have a number of methods to detect these new worlds but for the most part they involve observation of the accompanying star in the system. But what if there is no Star? Just how many planets are out there going it alone and how do we go about finding them? Ethan Siegel is an astrophysicist and science writer and he joins me now... First Aired: 31/03/2018