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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?

a day ago - 14 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

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3 days ago - 27 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Extra: The role of mitochondria in why we need sleep

8 days ago - 13 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

What determines the birth sex of a child?

10 days ago - 33 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Extra: Why newborns feel pain differently to adults

15 days ago - 14 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Biggest human imaging study completes scan of 100,000 people

17 days ago - 37 mins

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

What Happened Before The Big Bang?

If you ask most people how the universe began, they might say “the Big Bang” - but it’s hard to be satisfied with that answer and to resist the temptation to ask “but what happened before that?” Well, that is precisely the question that Will Kinney, Professor in the Department of Physics at the University at Buffalo, strives to answer in his new book - 'An Infinity of Worlds: Cosmic Inflation and the Beginning of the Universe'. He joined Jonathan to discuss. Dr.Ruth Freeman from SFI & Dr. Lara Dungan also joined Jonathan to run through some of the week's biggest science stories for Newsround. Listen and subscribe to Futureproof with Jonathan 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 adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.