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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,... more

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Guest: Paul Deane, Clean Energy Futures Lecturer at UCC

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Recent Guests

Molly Fox
Associate Professor and biological anthropologist
UCLA
Episode: Why do pregnant women get morning sickness?
Paul Deane
Senior lecturer in clean energy futures
University College Cork
Episode: Extra: The Future of Solar Energy
Dr. Suzanne O'Sullivan
An award-winning neurologist and author
Episode: The Harms of Over-Diagnosis
Dr. Lauren Byrne
Principal Investigator at the Huntington's Disease Centre at UCL
Huntington's Disease Centre at UCL
Episode: Extra: Huntington’s disease slowed with gene therapy
Mary Roach
Bestselling science author known for her humorous approach to scientific topics.
Episode: Rebuilding Our Body With Regenerative Medicine
Professor Kelly Morrison
A physicist at the Experimental Physics Group at Loughborough University, specializing in nanotechnology
Loughborough University
Episode: Extra: Making the world's smallest violin
Professor Oren Scherman
Professor of Supramolecular and Polymer Chemistry at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
Episode: The creation of artificial cartilage
Professor Maria McNamara
Professor of Paleontology at University College Cork
University College Cork
Episode: Extra: Dinosaur eggs directly dated for the first time
Professor Claudia Monaco
Professor of Cardiovascular Inflammation
University of Oxford
Episode: Extra: Heart attacks may be triggered by infections

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Jonathan McCrea
Host of a science-focused show that includes a mix of guest interviews and news updates from the scientific world.

Reviews

4.7 out of 5 stars from 385 ratings
  • Sound problem

    U say u have a sound engineer but guests and hosts r on a completely different sound level. Impossible to listen.

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    j790000
    Ireland18 days ago
  • Science news programme with some extra snark

    Podcast Addict
    5
    Bragcat
    5 months ago
  • Used to be good

    I would have given a five star review a few years ago.

    But recently the main topics of the show are uninteresting, drawn out, not structured well.

    The news round is still good though.

    Apple Podcasts
    2
    gnrvrfan
    Ireland8 months ago
  • AI boosterism. I expect less gullibility in my tech journalism

    Podcast Addict
    1
    Skrynesaver
    8 months ago
  • Jonathan needs to stop being so rude

    I was going to subscribe but every episode I’ve listened to when they do the news at the beginning, Jonathan is always so condescending to the correspondents especially the female correspondents. It drives me nuts. The news they bring forth is very interesting and I hate that Jonathan feels the need to tell us that he’s not surprised by this news and asks “why are you?” in such a condescending manner.

    Apple Podcasts
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    Shelby Lofty
    United States2 years ago

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Generally engaging and informative, with a wide range of scientific topics covered.
Listeners appreciate the accessibility of complex scientific ideas and the quality of guest experts featured.
Some feedback indicates frustration with host interactions, specifically regarding a perceived condescension during segments.
Overall, the show maintains a strong and loyal listener base, with many respondents highlighting it as their favorite science podcast.

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#223
South Africa/Science
Apple Podcasts
#240
New Zealand/Science

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Why do pregnant women get morning sickness?
Q: What did you look at in your study and how did you go about designing it?
The study involved pregnant women taking questionnaires and providing blood samples to analyze the relationship between nausea, aversions, and inflammation.
Why do pregnant women get morning sickness?
Q: What is happening when someone gets morning sickness?
Morning sickness, while unpleasant, may be an evolutionary mechanism to protect the mother and fetus during the vulnerable time of pregnancy.
The Harms of Over-Diagnosis
Q: At what point do these things become a disorder?
It must involve impairment, which is often neglected in public conversation.
The Harms of Over-Diagnosis
Q: How are you defining those conditions?
These conditions are defined entirely according to a set of typical symptoms, without any abnormal pathology.
Extra: Huntington’s disease slowed with gene therapy
Q: What does the trial show about the gene therapy for Huntington's?
The trial shows that the gene therapy may reduce symptom decline by as much as 75% in some participants, indicating promising avenues for treatment.

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2. Paul Deane
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5. Mary Roach
6. Professor Kelly Morrison
7. Professor Oren Scherman
8. Professor Maria McNamara

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