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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 subscrib...

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea Podcast Guide

Listen to Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea, a Science & Medicine podcast. Stream 468 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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Extra: Can we cure nightmares?

Guest: Michelle Carr, Director of the Dream Engineering Laboratory at Montreal's Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine and author o...

00:17:24Jun 16, 2026

How does sperm work in outer space?

Guests: Hannah Lyons, Reproduction Researcher in Adelaide University Matthew Campbell from Trinity College Dublin Dr Ruth Freeman from Resea...

00:33:37Jun 7, 2026

The Chimpanzee War in Uganda

Guests: John Mitani, Primatologist at the University of Michigan and Co-Founder of the Ngogo Chimpanzee Project Laura Hayes, Dublin Institut...

00:42:56May 31, 2026

Learning while you sleep!

Guests: Dr Karen Konkoly, Dream Scientist at the University of Cambridge Dr Ruth Freeman of Research Ireland Professor Annie Curtis of the R...

00:31:50May 24, 2026

Extra: Bodyoids

Guest: Hank Greely, Professor of Law and Expert in Bioethics at Stanford University

00:13:45May 12, 2026

What is ‘Forensic Botany’?

Guests: Christopher Hardy, Forensic Botanist and Biology Professor at Millersville University Laura Hayes, Dublin Institute for Advanced Stu...

00:41:11May 10, 2026

Extra: The Power of Plankton

Guest: Vincent Doumeizel, Senior Adviser on the oceans to the United Nations Global Compact and author of ‘The Power of Plankton: How Plankt...

00:19:48May 5, 2026

The Smell of the Past

Guests: Dr. Barbara Huber, Archaeochemist at the at the University of Tubingen in Germany Jessamyn Fairfield from NUI Galway John Regan from...

00:38:40May 3, 2026

Extra: AI Improving Medicine

Guest: Charlotte Blease, Associate Professor in the Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Sweden and Author of ‘D...

00:17:49Apr 28, 2026

Building a Warp Drive

Guests: Dr. Katy Clough, Astrophysicist at Queen Mary University of London Annie Curtis Body Research Lecturer in RCSI Shane Bergin, Physici...

00:31:43Apr 26, 2026

Will AI replace scientists?

Guests: Jeff Clune, CIFAR AI chair at the Victor Institute and Professor of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia in Vancou...

00:38:25Apr 19, 2026