Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Guests:Jaap De Roode, Professor of Biology at Emory University and author of ‘Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes, and Other Animals Heal Themselves’Matthew Campbell, Professor of Genetics at TCDDeirdre Robertson, Associate Research Professor in the Behavioural Research Unit at the ESRI

Guest: Professor Bethany Ehlmann, Planetary Scientist, Geologist, and Director of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder

Jonathan is joined by Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and author of Pregnancy Interrupted: The Science and Stories of How Pregnancies Really End, Kate Clancy

Guest: Colonel Chris Hadfield, retired Royal Canadian Air Force Colonel, Test Pilot, and CSA Astronaut

Guests;Artemis II Astronauts Victor Glover and Jeremy HansenMatthew Campbell, Professor of Genetics at TCDCiara Murphy, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Medicine at RCSI

Guest: Michael Golden, Education and Public Engagement Manager at I-Form

Jonathan is joined by Phil Smith broadcaster and science communicator and Dr Shane Bergin Physicist and associate professor in science education at UCD for a round up of the weeks science stories Jonathan looks at the chequered past of connecting computers to brains with Mike Jay, journalist and cultural historian. And the world 3D printing with Michael Golden, Education & Public Engagement Manager at I-Form

Guest: Jonathan Silvertown - Professor of Evolutionary Ecology at the University of Edinburgh and author of Nature’s Magicians: The Hidden Power of Leaves

Guests:Bruno Romero González PhD student, Trinity College DublinDr.Ruth Freeman from Research IrelandFergus McAuliffe - Head of Research Engagement and Impact Trinity College Dublin

We tend to glean a lot of meaning from the random occurrences in our lives, it can give us a sense of place in a chaotic and frightening world.But what are the chances of seemingly impossible, miraculous events in our lives and can we reduce them down to numbers and figures?In this special feature from May 2019, Jonathan sought to find out...