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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: Why is our Earth spinning faster?

3 days ago - 14 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Could colour be the answer to reviving marine life?

5 days ago - 27 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Extra: The role of mitochondria in why we need sleep

10 days ago - 13 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

What determines the birth sex of a child?

12 days ago - 33 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Extra: Why newborns feel pain differently to adults

17 days ago - 14 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Biggest human imaging study completes scan of 100,000 people

19 days ago - 37 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Futureproof Special: United By DNA

Knowing where we come from can be one of the most important pillars by which we establish and develop our sense of who we are. Not only that, understanding our genealogy can help answer questions around personality traits, physical characteristics, and our genetic history - but what percentage of those traits get passed down through generations, and how much of ourselves is borne of our upbringing? In this special episode of Futureproof, we hear the heartwarming story of one woman and her journey to find her father - in the process, answering questions once thought to be out of reach - and the advancements in science that helped her do it.