Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
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Futureproof Extra: Reaching for the Sun
Published: Jan. 9, 2024, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 21 seconds
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Warning drivers of road obstacles with 3D holograms
Published: Jan. 7, 2024, 1 p.m.Duration: 31 minutes 11 seconds
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Best of 2023 - The Fascinating History of Measurement
Published: Dec. 31, 2023, 3 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 17 seconds
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Best of 2023 - Why Can't we Breathe Underwater?
Published: Dec. 31, 2023, 2:30 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 13 seconds
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Best of 2023 - Can we Live on Mars?
Published: Dec. 31, 2023, 2 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 9 seconds
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How can Humans Survive Extreme Cold?
Published: Dec. 24, 2023, 3:30 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 44 seconds
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The Atmospheric Phenomenom: STEVE
Published: Dec. 24, 2023, 3 p.m.Duration: 31 minutes 35 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: How your organs can be a different age to the rest of your body
Published: Dec. 19, 2023, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 46 seconds
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Creating VR Goggles for Mice
Published: Dec. 17, 2023, 1 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 50 seconds
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The Potential of Functional Foods
Published: Dec. 12, 2023, noonDuration: 16 minutes 52 seconds
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The Benefits of Hypoxia Training with Prof. Phil Jakeman
Published: Dec. 10, 2023, 2 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 35 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: How leaves form their shapes
Published: Dec. 5, 2023, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 46 seconds
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The importance of scepticism in science
Published: Dec. 3, 2023, 1 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 26 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Where do we save our memories?
Published: Nov. 28, 2023, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 24 seconds
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Should we delay clamping the umbilical cord?
Published: Nov. 26, 2023, 1 p.m.Duration: 39 minutes 6 seconds
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Science Week Special: What are the biggest threats to humanity?
Published: Nov. 19, 2023, 1 p.m.Duration: 57 minutes 35 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Exploring why UTIs persist with artificial bladders
Published: Nov. 14, 2023, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 38 seconds
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EIRSAT-1: Irelands first satellite set for launch
Published: Nov. 12, 2023, noonDuration: 32 minutes 11 seconds
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Best of Futureproof: Why You Can't Focus
Published: Nov. 5, 2023, 1 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 25 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The problem with 'Forever Chemicals'
Published: Oct. 31, 2023, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 42 seconds
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Natures most effective and delicious toxins
Published: Oct. 29, 2023, 1 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 25 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Pigments in the fossil record & the medical applications of Biophotonics
Published: Oct. 24, 2023, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 3 seconds
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Does free will exist?
Published: Oct. 22, 2023, noonDuration: 18 minutes 36 seconds
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Do athletes perceive the world differently?
Published: Oct. 15, 2023, 9 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 55 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: What causes male pattern hair loss?
Published: Oct. 10, 2023, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 34 seconds
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What are the "JuMBO" objects found in the Orion Nebula?
Published: Oct. 8, 2023, 9 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 14 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Just how big can our brains get?
Published: Oct. 3, 2023, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 6 seconds
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Are we too fixated on optimising our world?
Published: Oct. 1, 2023, 12:40 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 59 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Toxoplasma Gondii
Published: Sept. 26, 2023, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 4 seconds
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Lessons in longevity from the naked mole-rat
Published: Sept. 24, 2023, 1:35 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 20 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Protecting our underwater cultural heritage
Published: Sept. 19, 2023, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 21 seconds
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Can a robot be a person?
Published: Sept. 17, 2023, 9 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 49 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The World of Dust
Published: Sept. 12, 2023, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 24 seconds
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What our eyes can tell us about our health
Published: Sept. 10, 2023, 9 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 51 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: How rotational force is essential to everything
Published: Sept. 5, 2023, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 7 seconds
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Will we soon be able to cure obesity?
Published: Sept. 3, 2023, 10:05 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 38 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The Science of Cultured Meat
Published: Aug. 29, 2023, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 59 seconds
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Womb transplants and the future of reproductive medicine
Published: Aug. 27, 2023, 9 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 39 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Capturing Cosmic Dust
Published: Aug. 22, 2023, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 23 seconds
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Can we reverse or stop ageing completely?
Published: Aug. 20, 2023, 2:30 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 20 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Burying nuclear waste in Finland
Published: Aug. 15, 2023, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 56 seconds
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How to build a spacesuit
Published: Aug. 13, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 25 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The Science of Suncream
Published: Aug. 8, 2023, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 18 seconds
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Black Holes in Bathtubs
Published: Aug. 6, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 2 seconds
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How technology affects our sleep
Published: Aug. 1, 2023, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 12 seconds
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The relationship between your gut and your relationships
Published: July 30, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 6 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: How To Expect The Unexpected
Published: July 25, 2023, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 54 seconds
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How deepfakes impact your memory
Published: July 23, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 59 seconds
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Weapons of the Future, The Fibonacci Sequence & Cryo Conservation
Published: July 16, 2023, 10:57 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 22 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Geothermal Power
Published: July 11, 2023, 6 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 53 seconds
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MDMA as a treatment for PTSD
Published: July 9, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 23 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: ow air pollution affects our health
Published: July 4, 2023, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 19 seconds
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The Woman Who Feels No Pain
Published: July 2, 2023, 9 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 1 second
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Futureproof Extra: Harvesting electricity from thin air
Published: June 27, 2023, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 38 seconds
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The development of a new drug to prevent blood clotting
Published: June 25, 2023, 9:55 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 11 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Creating the First Synthetic Human Embryo
Published: June 20, 2023, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 3 seconds
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Why Ireland Has Fewer Earthquakes Than Britain
Published: June 18, 2023, 1:02 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 43 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The Dangers & Opportunities of Artificial Intelligence
Published: June 13, 2023, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 8 seconds
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Tackling the growing problem of light pollution
Published: June 11, 2023, 9 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 24 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Combating Bad Data & Misleading Numbers
Published: June 6, 2023, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 14 seconds
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Innovating Healthcare: Galway's Clinical Revolution
Published: June 4, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 14 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Immunology Breakthrough
Published: May 30, 2023, 6 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 25 seconds
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The First Egyptian Astronaut
Published: May 28, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 26 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: AI Mindreading
Published: May 23, 2023, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 20 seconds
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Why cant we breathe underwater?
Published: May 21, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 39 minutes 2 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Is Immortality by 2045 Possible?
Published: May 16, 2023, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 36 seconds
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The Science of Measurement
Published: May 14, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 40 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The Secrets Of Our Seas
Published: May 8, 2023, 12:15 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 1 second
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Futureproof Extra: Curing Hearing Loss
Published: May 2, 2023, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 12 seconds
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Vaccine Patches
Published: April 30, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 20 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The Future of Surrogacy & AI
Published: April 25, 2023, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 45 seconds
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Short Term Memory Illusions
Published: April 23, 2023, 1 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 12 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: 'JUICE' Mission & Exploring Jupiter
Published: April 18, 2023, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 16 seconds
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Injectable Brain Implants
Published: April 16, 2023, 1 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 24 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Interpreting Alien Signals
Published: April 11, 2023, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 27 seconds
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Have we smelled everything in the world?
Published: April 9, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 12 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: How are diamonds formed?
Published: April 4, 2023, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 12 seconds
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Thomas Hertog on space, time, and working with Stephen Hawking
Published: April 2, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 7 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The Trust Race
Published: March 28, 2023, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 28 seconds
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Tickertape Synesthesia & The Future of Quantum Computing
Published: March 26, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 51 minutes 4 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Tenacious Beasts
Published: March 21, 2023, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 45 seconds
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Space prisons & other realities of living beyond Earth
Published: March 19, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 40 seconds
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Is ChatGPT the beginning of a general AI revolution?
Published: March 12, 2023, 12:20 p.m.Duration: 52 minutes 40 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Ireland's first solar-powered racing car
Published: March 9, 2023, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 55 seconds
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Futureproof Gold: Face Blindness & Super Recognition
Published: March 7, 2023, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 51 seconds
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The Psychology of Revenge
Published: Feb. 26, 2023, 1:30 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 2 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Will we soon be living on the moon?
Published: Feb. 21, 2023, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 59 seconds
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The Science of Antidepressants
Published: Feb. 19, 2023, 1:30 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 43 seconds
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Creating a contraceptive pill for men
Published: Feb. 14, 2023, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 34 seconds
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How to conduct an autopsy
Published: Feb. 12, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 39 minutes 39 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Underwater Avalanches
Published: Feb. 7, 2023, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 20 seconds
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Do facial expressions influence our emotional state?
Published: Feb. 5, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 39 minutes 43 seconds
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The Science of Sleep & Dreams
Published: Feb. 5, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 29 seconds
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The Science of Semiconductors
Published: Feb. 1, 2023, noonDuration: 30 minutes 15 seconds
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Understanding Endometriosis With Single-Cell Genomics
Published: Jan. 31, 2023, 7:37 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 28 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Hybrid Biomaterials for Spinal Cord Injuries
Published: Jan. 24, 2023, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 39 seconds
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Origins of the Africanized Honey Bee
Published: Jan. 22, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 2 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: What makes Roman concrete so duarble?
Published: Jan. 17, 2023, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 26 seconds
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How to build the first city on Mars
Published: Jan. 15, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 32 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The Benefits of Sperm Swimming in Groups
Published: Jan. 10, 2023, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 54 seconds
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Is it getting harder to maintain focus?
Published: Jan. 8, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 39 seconds
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Futureproof Special: The Best of 2022
Published: Jan. 1, 2023, 2:30 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 41 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Beyond Our Five Senses
Published: Dec. 20, 2022, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 42 seconds
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Do Dark Matter & Dark Energy Actually Exist?
Published: Dec. 18, 2022, 11:12 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 10 seconds
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Futureproof Gold: Evolution's Bite
Published: Dec. 15, 2022, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 45 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The Origins of Sentience
Published: Dec. 13, 2022, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 44 seconds
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Is Human Hibernation A Possibility?
Published: Dec. 11, 2022, 12:05 p.m.Duration: 45 minutes 17 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The Art of Making the Invisible Visible
Published: Dec. 6, 2022, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 26 seconds
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Evidence of the Multiverse
Published: Dec. 4, 2022, 11 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 56 seconds
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Futureproof Gold: Enemies of the State
Published: Nov. 29, 2022, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 34 seconds
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Futureproof Live: Is there a limit to our intelligence?
Published: Nov. 27, 2022, 11 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 8 seconds
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Futureproof Live: Is it possible to run forever?
Published: Nov. 20, 2022, 2:18 p.m.Duration: 49 minutes 32 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Neurostimulation in E-Sports
Published: Nov. 15, 2022, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 35 seconds
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Gravity Batteries
Published: Nov. 13, 2022, 11 a.m.Duration: 42 minutes 39 seconds
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The Sounds We Cannot Hear & What Can We Take To Make Us Live Longer?
Published: Nov. 6, 2022, 2:03 p.m.Duration: 51 minutes 16 seconds
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Using AI to fight blindness
Published: Nov. 1, 2022, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 16 seconds
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What is energy anyway?
Published: Oct. 30, 2022, 11:30 a.m.Duration: 48 minutes 31 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: How do we tackle chronic pain?
Published: Oct. 25, 2022, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 31 seconds
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Can Humpback whales be altruistic?
Published: Oct. 23, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 10 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The science behind bees' waggle dance
Published: Oct. 16, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 36 seconds
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Is Gamification making fools of all of us?
Published: Oct. 16, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 27 seconds
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Human Organs-on-Chips
Published: Oct. 9, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 39 minutes 50 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The new science of the heart
Published: Oct. 9, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 12 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The End of Medicine As We Know It
Published: Oct. 4, 2022, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 4 seconds
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Thorium Nuclear Reactors
Published: Oct. 2, 2022, 11:02 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 4 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The Large Hadron Collider & The Search for a Fifth Force
Published: Sept. 28, 2022, 11:30 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 55 seconds
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Longevity, Immortality and the quest to defeat death with Aubrey De Grey
Published: Sept. 25, 2022, 6:07 p.m.Duration: 39 minutes 59 seconds
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The Future of Transport
Published: Sept. 18, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 56 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Survival of the Richest
Published: Sept. 13, 2022, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 49 seconds
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Exploring the Idea of Plant Intelligence
Published: Sept. 11, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 2 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: What Animals Can Teach Us About Living Longer
Published: Sept. 10, 2022, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 23 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The Genetic Age
Published: Sept. 6, 2022, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 6 seconds
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Chemputers & The Future of Chemistry
Published: Sept. 4, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 46 seconds
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The Futureproof Language Special
Published: Aug. 28, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 46 minutes 3 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Prader-Willi Syndrome
Published: Aug. 23, 2022, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 57 seconds
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The Science of Attraction
Published: Aug. 21, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 44 minutes 5 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The Last Days of the Dinosaurs
Published: Aug. 16, 2022, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 11 seconds
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Inside The Mind of a Bee
Published: Aug. 14, 2022, 10:05 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 23 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The Trouble with Cloning Birds
Published: Aug. 9, 2022, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 52 seconds
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Why Usain Bolt Cant Outrun Your Cat
Published: Aug. 7, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 5 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Why Do We See Ghosts?
Published: Aug. 4, 2022, 10:20 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 12 seconds
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Is Animal Translation Possible?
Published: July 31, 2022, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 46 minutes 57 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The Science of Bisexuality
Published: July 26, 2022, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 55 seconds
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The Hidden Depths of Animal Perception
Published: July 24, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 46 seconds
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The Dream Machine
Published: July 19, 2022, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 29 seconds
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Gazing Into the Deepest Depths of the Cosmos
Published: July 17, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 10 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The Secret Perfume of Birds
Published: July 12, 2022, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 24 seconds
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How To Change Someone's Mind
Published: July 10, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 50 minutes 4 seconds
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Futureproof Gold: DARPA - The Pentagon's Brain
Published: July 7, 2022, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 46 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The Cutting-Edge Tech of Modern Operating Theatres
Published: July 5, 2022, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 45 seconds
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A Brief History of Weaponised Insects
Published: July 3, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 34 seconds
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Futureproof Gold: What is Time?
Published: June 30, 2022, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 10 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Fair Seas & Potecting Our Marine Habitats
Published: June 28, 2022, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 50 seconds
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SIRT 6: The Longevity Gene
Published: June 26, 2022, 10:15 a.m.Duration: 42 minutes 50 seconds
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Could Google's LaMDA Really Be Sentient?
Published: June 19, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 56 seconds
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How The Science of Dogs Changed The Science of Life
Published: June 15, 2022, 3 p.m.Duration: 32 minutes 22 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Treating Spinal Cord Injuries
Published: June 15, 2022, 1 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 59 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: How Sensors Shape Our Everyday Life
Published: June 7, 2022, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 30 seconds
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What Does It Mean To Be Alive?
Published: June 5, 2022, 11:55 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 58 seconds
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Futureproof Gold: The Science of Smell
Published: May 31, 2022, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 56 seconds
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Futureproof Special: United By DNA
Published: May 29, 2022, 12:45 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 37 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The Sound of The Universe & Everything In It
Published: May 24, 2022, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 50 seconds
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The Cutting-Edge Science of Transplants
Published: May 22, 2022, 10:45 a.m.Duration: 48 minutes 48 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: A Genetic History of the Americas
Published: May 17, 2022, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 47 seconds
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What Happened Before The Big Bang?
Published: May 15, 2022, 10:49 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 6 seconds
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The Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory
Published: May 10, 2022, 12:18 p.m.Duration: 37 minutes 40 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Upcycling CO2
Published: May 10, 2022, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 4 seconds
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A New Understanding Of Epilepsy
Published: May 3, 2022, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 36 seconds
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What Goes In To Designing A Rollercoaster?
Published: May 1, 2022, 11 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 42 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Are Smaller Scorpions More Deadly
Published: April 25, 2022, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 11 seconds
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Sequencing the Complete Human Genome
Published: April 24, 2022, 11 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 30 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Paleoburrows
Published: April 19, 2022, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 43 seconds
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50 Years of the The Dunedin Study
Published: April 17, 2022, 11:10 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 14 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: What We Don't Know About Gravity
Published: April 12, 2022, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 29 seconds
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Creating Synthetic Alcohol
Published: April 10, 2022, 11:26 a.m.Duration: 42 minutes 35 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The Joy of Science with Jim Al-Khalili
Published: April 5, 2022, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 4 seconds
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Designing a Vaccine for Covid-19
Published: April 3, 2022, 2:32 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 31 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Why Do We Hate?
Published: March 29, 2022, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 38 seconds
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The End of the Age of Astronauts
Published: March 27, 2022, 11 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 45 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Genomics
Published: March 22, 2022, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 36 seconds
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How Motorsport Science Can Save The World
Published: March 20, 2022, 11:01 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 3 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The Expectation Effect
Published: March 15, 2022, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 57 seconds
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Can Animals Detect Natural Disasters?
Published: March 13, 2022, 11 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 28 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Measuring Intelligence
Published: March 8, 2022, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 35 seconds
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NeoMimix: The New Sperm Selection Technology
Published: March 6, 2022, 11 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 14 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The Winchcombe Lockdown Meteorite
Published: March 1, 2022, 7 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 45 seconds
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A Forensic Look at Solving Crimes
Published: Feb. 27, 2022, 11 a.m.Duration: 44 minutes 59 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Hybrid Humans
Published: Feb. 22, 2022, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 35 seconds
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Unraveling the Mysteries of our Ancient Dead
Published: Feb. 20, 2022, 11 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 30 seconds
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What Sleep Can Teach Us About Epilepsy
Published: Feb. 16, 2022, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 53 seconds
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Can Geoengineering Help in the Fight Against Climate Change?
Published: Feb. 13, 2022, 11 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 28 seconds
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Why Are We So Obsessed With Measuring Time?
Published: Feb. 8, 2022, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 23 seconds
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Why Is Chewing So Important?
Published: Feb. 6, 2022, 11 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 9 seconds
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Could We Be On The Verge Of A Vaccine For MS?
Published: Jan. 30, 2022, 11 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 1 second
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Futureproof Extra: How Do We Navigate?
Published: Jan. 25, 2022, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 45 seconds
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Where Are All The Irish Dinosaurs?
Published: Jan. 23, 2022, 11:01 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 25 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: A Natural History of the Future
Published: Jan. 18, 2022, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 29 seconds
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What Life In Space Teaches Us About Life On Earth
Published: Jan. 16, 2022, 11:14 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 45 seconds
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Futureproof Gold: The Milgram Experiments
Published: Jan. 13, 2022, 4:56 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 54 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The Robbers Cave Experiment
Published: Jan. 11, 2022, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 10 seconds
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What Is Testosterone?
Published: Jan. 9, 2022, 11:05 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 1 second
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Futureproof Extra: Reading Monkey Brains with AI
Published: Dec. 21, 2021, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 36 seconds
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Why Do We Kiss?
Published: Dec. 19, 2021, 11:10 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 38 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Resignation Syndrome & Other Mysterious Illnesses
Published: Dec. 16, 2021, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 8 seconds
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FutureProof Gold: The Pentagon's Brain
Published: Dec. 14, 2021, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 37 seconds
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How Military Funding Shapes What We Know About The Oceans
Published: Dec. 12, 2021, 11 a.m.Duration: 46 minutes 21 seconds
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Deepfakes: Have We Crossed The Uncanny Valley?
Published: Dec. 5, 2021, noonDuration: 35 minutes 10 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Of Sound Mind
Published: Nov. 30, 2021, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 53 seconds
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Can We Make Synthetic Blood?
Published: Nov. 28, 2021, noonDuration: 36 minutes 35 seconds
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The Cosmos, Blackholes & Time Loops With Neil deGrasse Tyson
Published: Nov. 21, 2021, 11 a.m.Duration: 59 minutes 18 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The Invisible Universe
Published: Nov. 16, 2021, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 51 seconds
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Can Self-Driving Cars Be Moral?
Published: Nov. 14, 2021, 11:05 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 9 seconds
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The Intricate Skills Required For Bomb Disposal
Published: Nov. 7, 2021, 11:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 30 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Fighting Infectious Diseases
Published: Nov. 2, 2021, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 12 seconds
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Life As We Made It
Published: Oct. 31, 2021, 11 a.m.Duration: 44 minutes 15 seconds
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The Trouble With Moon Dust
Published: March 19, 2021, 7:51 p.m.Duration: 39 minutes 48 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The Life of Flies
Published: March 13, 2021, 10:11 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 54 seconds
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Entering Other People's Dreams
Published: March 6, 2021, 2:58 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 27 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The Refractory Period
Published: March 6, 2021, 11:23 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 20 seconds
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Could Just Two People Repopulate The Earth?
Published: Feb. 27, 2021, 4:13 p.m.Duration: 44 minutes 24 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Why Do Ice Ages Happen?
Published: Feb. 27, 2021, 7:08 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 2 seconds
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The Benefits Of Being A Beginner
Published: Feb. 20, 2021, 2:33 p.m.Duration: 44 minutes 30 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The Evolution of Crocodiles
Published: Feb. 20, 2021, 12:26 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 47 seconds
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Migration In The Animal Kingdom
Published: Feb. 13, 2021, 1:39 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 39 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Solar Thermal Propulsion
Published: Feb. 13, 2021, 12:17 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 36 seconds
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Can People Hibernate?
Published: Feb. 7, 2021, 3:34 p.m.Duration: 52 minutes 13 seconds
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Human Sacrifice in Ancient Maya Culture
Published: Jan. 31, 2021, 10:03 a.m.Duration: 46 minutes 50 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Superheavy Elements
Published: Jan. 30, 2021, 12:48 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 30 seconds
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Why Has Science Communication Failed During The Pandemic?
Published: Jan. 23, 2021, 1:08 p.m.Duration: 48 minutes 36 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Loner Amoebas
Published: Jan. 23, 2021, 12:34 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 36 seconds
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Turning Marine Slime Into Drugs
Published: Jan. 16, 2021, 1:12 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 34 seconds
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The Science of Living
Published: Jan. 16, 2021, 12:32 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 56 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Why Science Needs Art
Published: Jan. 10, 2021, 9:54 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 16 seconds
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The Irish Man Who Found the Philae Lander Lost on a Comet
Published: Jan. 9, 2021, 1:31 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 3 seconds
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The Science of Snowflakes
Published: Jan. 2, 2021, 10:02 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 57 seconds
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Is This The Home of Jesus Christ?
Published: Dec. 24, 2020, 12:29 p.m.Duration: N/A
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The Speed Of Gravity
Published: Dec. 19, 2020, 12:31 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 18 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: How Dinosaurs Became Modern Day Birds
Published: Dec. 18, 2020, 6:56 p.m.Duration: 20 minutes 1 second
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Futureproof Extra: How Big Can A Particle Get?
Published: Dec. 12, 2020, 12:52 p.m.Duration: 21 minutes 48 seconds
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How Caterpillars See Through Their Skin
Published: Dec. 12, 2020, 12:51 p.m.Duration: 35 minutes 14 seconds
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Reconstructing Notre Dame
Published: Dec. 5, 2020, 1:15 p.m.Duration: 49 minutes 3 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Proving the Multiverse
Published: Dec. 5, 2020, 12:19 p.m.Duration: 20 minutes 3 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Mullerian Mimicry & Toxic Birds
Published: Dec. 1, 2020, 10:55 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 7 seconds
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The Oldest Stars in the Universe
Published: Nov. 28, 2020, 11:26 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 25 seconds
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Fear & Boredom!
Published: Nov. 21, 2020, 12:56 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 49 seconds
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What Is The Future Of Education?
Published: Nov. 14, 2020, 12:54 p.m.Duration: 58 minutes 16 seconds
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Futureproof Gold: Chances
Published: Nov. 14, 2020, 11:31 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 34 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Why Are We Spiteful?
Published: Nov. 8, 2020, 1:13 p.m.Duration: 21 minutes 39 seconds
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The Incredible Chemistry of the Human Brain
Published: Nov. 7, 2020, 1:06 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 48 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Who Were The Neanderthals?
Published: Nov. 1, 2020, 9:35 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 21 seconds
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Could We Cure Blindness Within 3 Years?
Published: Oct. 31, 2020, 1:07 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 40 seconds
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Simon Spichak - Winner of FameLab Ireland 2020
Published: Oct. 25, 2020, 12:55 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 42 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Aneurysms & The Contour Neurovascular System
Published: Oct. 25, 2020, 12:04 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 19 seconds
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Fighting the Mafia With The Knowledge of Rocks & Soil
Published: Oct. 24, 2020, 1:45 p.m.Duration: 48 minutes 24 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse
Published: Oct. 18, 2020, 11:25 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 39 seconds
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Could We Outrun a T-Rex?
Published: Oct. 17, 2020, 12:49 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 21 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Our Five Appetites
Published: Oct. 11, 2020, 11:20 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 12 seconds
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A Haptic Glove for The Visually Impaired
Published: Oct. 11, 2020, 7:15 a.m.Duration: 47 minutes 3 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Misconceptions of Evolutionary Psychology
Published: Oct. 4, 2020, 10:26 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 13 seconds
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A Blood Test To Predict Schizophrenia
Published: Oct. 3, 2020, 12:55 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 56 seconds
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Personalised Vaccines
Published: Sept. 27, 2020, 7:59 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 46 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The Kindness of Strangers
Published: Sept. 26, 2020, 10:02 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 51 seconds
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What Is Happening In The Upper Clouds Of Venus?
Published: Sept. 19, 2020, 1:19 p.m.Duration: 39 minutes 8 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Ultra Black Fish
Published: Sept. 17, 2020, 2:09 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes
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Futureproof Extra: The Secret Sex Lives of Fish
Published: Sept. 13, 2020, 8:30 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 46 seconds
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Futureproof: The Harassment of Women in Irish Science and Universities
Published: Sept. 13, 2020, 7:35 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 12 seconds
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Fast Radio Bursts
Published: Sept. 13, 2020, 7:33 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 26 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The Mystery of the Disappearing Star
Published: Sept. 6, 2020, 9:35 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 44 seconds
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Predicting Volcanic Eruptions
Published: Sept. 5, 2020, 1:05 p.m.Duration: 48 minutes 55 seconds
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The Search For Life in the Outer Solar System
Published: Aug. 29, 2020, 12:19 p.m.Duration: 51 minutes 25 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Tribology
Published: Aug. 29, 2020, 9:35 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 50 seconds
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Mastering The Art & Science of Negotiation
Published: Aug. 22, 2020, 1:25 p.m.Duration: N/A
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Futureproof Extra: 6 Degrees of Climate Emergency with Mark Lynas
Published: Aug. 22, 2020, 1:15 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 3 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: The Evolutionary Perspective on Health and Disease
Published: Aug. 15, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 5 seconds
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Demodex: The Animal That Lives On Your Face
Published: Aug. 15, 2020, 1:15 p.m.Duration: N/A
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Futureproof Extra: The Last Stargazers
Published: Aug. 8, 2020, 1:46 p.m.Duration: 20 minutes 54 seconds
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Restoring Motion and Touch with Brain-Computer Interface
Published: Aug. 8, 2020, 1:36 p.m.Duration: N/A
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Futureproof Extra: How Plants Got On To Land
Published: Aug. 2, 2020, 10:41 a.m.Duration: N/A
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Exploring the Solar System with The X3 Engine
Published: July 25, 2020, 1:06 p.m.Duration: N/A
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Futureproof Extra: Medical Physics
Published: July 25, 2020, 12:44 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 10 seconds
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Futureproof Extra: Ant Behaviours & Decision Making
Published: July 18, 2020, 1:53 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 53 seconds
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