Sinopsis
Jonathan McCrea brings you the latest developments from the world of Science and Technology from robotics in warfare to artificial lifeforms and beyond
Episodios
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Extra: Dinosaur eggs directly dated for the first time
23/09/2025 Duración: 13minGuest: Professor Maria McNamara, Professor of Palaeontology at University College Cork
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"Clearest sign" of life on Mars
21/09/2025 Duración: 33minGuests:Professor Sanjeev Gupta, Professor of Earth Science at Imperial College LondonDr Susan Kelleher of DCUDr Shane Bergin of UCD
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Extra: Heart attacks may be triggered by infections
16/09/2025 Duración: 14minGuest: Prof Claudia Monaco, Professor of Cardiovascular Inflammation at the University of Oxford
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Dublin head scanner is 'breakthrough' in brain research
14/09/2025 Duración: 31minGuests:Prof Redmond O'Connell, Professor in Decision Neuroscience at Trinity College DublinDr Ruth Freeman of Research IrelandDr Shane Bergin of UCD
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Extra: Misophonia Rehabilitation
09/09/2025 Duración: 12minGuest: Olwyn Morris, Audiologist and clinic owner of Medico Audiology
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How Humans Came to Walk Upright
07/09/2025 Duración: 34minGuests:Dr Terence D. Capellini, Chair of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard UniversityDr Lara Dungan, ImmunologistDr Shane Bergin of UCD
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Extra: What is Weaver Syndrome?
02/09/2025 Duración: 13minGuest: Adrian Bracken, Professor of Chromatin Biology at the Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin
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Creating Toothpaste Made From Hair
31/08/2025 Duración: 35minGuests:Dr Sherif Elsharkawy, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Prosthodontics, at the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences at King's College LondonDr Shelley Brady of DCUProfessor Oran Kennedy of the RCSI
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Extra: Eirsat-1 and The Future of Irish Satellites
26/08/2025 Duración: 15minWith Dr David McKeown, Assistant Professor at the UCD Centre for Space Research.
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Attacking Cancer: CAR T-Cell Therapy
26/08/2025 Duración: 36minWith Dr Larry Bacon, Consultant Haematologist from St James’s Hospital, and Dr Nicola Gardiner, Chief Medical Scientist at the Cryobiology Laboratory Stem Cell Facility at St James’s.Newsround with Dr Ruth Freeman from Research Ireland and science communicator Fergus McAuliffe.
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Extra: Is slowing down ageing possible?
19/08/2025 Duración: 12minGuest: Eamonn Mallon, Professor of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Leicester
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The science behind memory distortion
17/08/2025 Duración: 38minGuests:Ciara Greene, Associate Professor in the School of Psychology at UCD, where she heads up the Attention and Memory LaboratoryDr Lara Dungan, ImmunologistDr Tara Shine of Change By Degrees
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Extra: Advances In Ophthalmic Medicine and Eyecare
12/08/2025 Duración: 11minGuest: Patrick Condon, former Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at University Hospital Waterford and author of ‘Eye Healthcare – 90 Years of Progress’
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Can brain stimulation cure addiction?
11/08/2025 Duración: 38minGuests:Yale Neuroscientist Vaughn SteeleDr Shane Bergin, UCDSciene Writer Dr Claire O'Connell
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Could colour be the answer to reviving marine life?
03/08/2025 Duración: 27minGuests:Holly CunninghamScience Communicator Eoin MurphySusan Kelleher, DCU
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Extra: The role of mitochondria in why we need sleep
29/07/2025 Duración: 13minGuest: Gero Miesenböck of Oxford University
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What determines the birth sex of a child?
27/07/2025 Duración: 32minGuests:Siwen Wang, Harvard UniversityDr Ruth Freeman, Research IrelandDr Susan Kelleher, DCU
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Extra: Why newborns feel pain differently to adults
22/07/2025 Duración: 13minGuest: Professor Lorenzo Fabrizi, Professor of Developmental Systems Neuroscience at University College London
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Biggest human imaging study completes scan of 100,000 people
20/07/2025 Duración: 37minGuests:Kevin O'Sullivan of The Irish TimesCatherine McGuinness, Science CommunicatorProfessor Naomi Allen, Chief Scientist at UK Biobank and Professor in Epidemiology at the University of Oxford