Futureproof With Jonathan Mccrea

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...

Guest: Damien Woods, Professor of Computer Science in the Hamilton Institute at Maynooth University

Guests:Rowan Hooper, author of ‘Togetherness: Symbiosis and the Hidden Story of Life’s Greatest Collaborations’Matthew Campbell, Professor of Genetics at TCDCiara Greene, Associate Professor in the School of Psychology, UCD

Guest: Aaron Cravens, Founder and Chief executive of Revel Pharmaceuticals

Guests:Dr. Luke Rendell, Biologist at Sean Mammal Research Unit in the University of St. AndrewsMatthew Campbell, Professor of Genetics at TCDCiara Greene, Associate Professor in the School of Psychology, UCD

Guest: Bill Martin - Evolutionary Biologist and Head of the Institute of Molecular Evolution at Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf 

Guests: Philip Smyth, Broadcaster and Science Communicator Dr. Laura Hayes, Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies Prof. Paul Kenny, Nash Family Professor of Neuroscience and Director of The Friedman Brain Institute in the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City 

Presenter Jonathan McCrea and Producer Aidan McKelvey discuss the making of the Futureproof documentary ‘The Lost Bridge’.

Guests:Genevieve Von Petzinger, Paleoanthropologist and rock art researcher and Project Director of the LIACARA ProjectDr. George Nash, Associate Professor in the Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology at the University of LiverpoolDr. Barbara Oosterwijk, Postdoctoral Researcher at University of ExeterShane Diffily, National Treasurer Irish Cave Rescue Organisation

We conventionally think of time as something simple and fundamental that flows uniformly, independently from everything else, from the past to the future, measured by clocks and watches.In the course of time, the events of the universe succeed each other in an orderly way: pasts, presents, futures.The past is fixed, the future open... And yet, all of this has turned out to be false.Carlo Rovelli is a Theoretical Physicist and author of ‘The Order of Time’ and joins Jonathan to discuss.First aired 21/7/2018

Guest: Julie Elie, Associate Project Scientist in the Department of Neuroscience at University of California, Berkeley.

Guests:Jim Al Khalili, Theoretical Physicist, Host of BBC’s ‘The Life Scientific’ and author of ‘On Time: The Physics That Makes the Universe Tick‘Dr. Ruth Freeman from Research IrelandMatthew Campbell, Professor of Genetics in Trinity College Dublin

Guest: Kathryn Paige Harden, Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and author of ‘Original Sin: The Genetics of Wrongdoing, the Problem of Blame and the Future of Forgiveness’

Guests:Steven A. Benner, Chemist, Astrobiologist and author of ‘Meet the Neighbors: Life on Mars and How to Find It’Jessamyn Fairfield from the University of GalwayFergus McAuliffe, Head of Research Engagement and Impact Trinity College Dublin

Guest: Rose Anne Kenny, Regis Professor of Medicine at Trinity College Dublin and Founding Principal Investigator of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)

Guests:Alex Smith, Associate Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Guelph, Ontario, CanadaDr Ruth Freeman from Science Foundation IrelandMatthew Campbell from TCD

Guest: Professor Róisín Dolan, Chief Investigator with the Sentinel Study Ireland at St. Vincent's University Hospital

Guests:Emilie De Loose, Project Officer of the Atlantic Whale Deal in the Irish Whale and Dolphin GroupJohn Regan from Maynooth UniversityLaura Hayes, DIAS