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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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4 days ago - 11 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Can brain stimulation cure addiction?

5 days ago - 38 mins

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Extra: Why is our Earth spinning faster?

11 days ago - 14 mins

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Could colour be the answer to reviving marine life?

13 days ago - 27 mins

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Extra: The role of mitochondria in why we need sleep

18 days ago - 13 mins

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What determines the birth sex of a child?

20 days ago - 33 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Insect Physiology

A few weeks back we were talking to Edith Widder and she happened to mention in passing that insects breathe through the side of their bodies. It was around about this time that myself and producer Aidan Mc Kelvey realised that we know next to nothing about insect physiology. So today we’ve decided to change that and who better to have as a teacher than “The King of Sting”. He is otherwise known as Justin Schmidt, Entomologist in the Department of Entomology at the University of Arizona