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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.CONVERSATION THAT COUNTS | Ireland’s national independent talk station for news, sport, analysis and entertainmentListen to Newstalk at http://newstalk.com/listenlive | Download the GoLoud app now, the new home for Newstalk

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The Science of Menstruation

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Mar 27, 202415:48pending

Eat, Poop, Die

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Mar 24, 202436:09pending

Extra: Enhancing Daylight

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Mar 19, 202414:15pending

The Nocebo Effect

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Mar 17, 202435:21pending

Extra: The Ice Cube Neutrino Observatory

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Mar 12, 202415:03pending

Who Owns The Moon?

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Mar 10, 202437:20pending

Extra: Brain Fog

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Mar 5, 202415:53pending

Why We Humans Can Get Used To Just About Anything

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Mar 3, 202442:17pending

Futureproof Extra: A New Habitat in the Pacific Garbage Patch

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Feb 27, 202414:34pending

Why Do Humans Grow Up So Slowly?

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Feb 26, 202444:53pending

Documentary Special: Scorched Earth

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Feb 18, 202443:24pending

Extra: Managing Stress Via The Gut

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Feb 13, 202416:08pending

Could We Delay The Menopause?

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Feb 12, 202435:25pending

Futureproof Extra: The origins of Guinness yeast

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Feb 6, 202412:09pending

How does a brain implant affect your mind?

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Feb 4, 202437:06pending

Futureproof Extra: What is the Coriolis Effect?

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Jan 30, 202413:55pending

How does the human eye see so many colours?

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Jan 28, 202437:24pending

Futureproof Extra: How does our skin age?

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Jan 23, 202413:30pending

The science of quantum teleportation

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Jan 21, 202433:10pending

Futureproof Extra: The vest that could help predict sudden cardiac death

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Jan 16, 202416:25pending

What makes urine yellow?

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Jan 14, 202430:29pending

Futureproof Extra: Reaching for the Sun

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Jan 9, 202415:21pending

Warning drivers of road obstacles with 3D holograms

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Jan 7, 202431:11pending

Best of 2023 - The Fascinating History of Measurement

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Dec 31, 202318:17pending

Best of 2023 - Why Can't we Breathe Underwater?

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Dec 31, 202318:13pending

Best of 2023 - Can we Live on Mars?

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Dec 31, 202317:09pending

How can Humans Survive Extreme Cold?

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Dec 24, 202318:44pending

The Atmospheric Phenomenom: STEVE

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Dec 24, 202331:35pending

Futureproof Extra: How your organs can be a different age to the rest of your bo...

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Dec 19, 202311:46pending

Creating VR Goggles for Mice

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Dec 17, 202334:50pending

The Potential of Functional Foods

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Dec 12, 202316:52pending

The Benefits of Hypoxia Training with Prof. Phil Jakeman

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Dec 10, 202317:35pending

Futureproof Extra: How leaves form their shapes

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Dec 5, 202314:46pending

The importance of scepticism in science

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Dec 3, 202333:26pending

Futureproof Extra: Where do we save our memories?

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Nov 28, 202316:24pending

Should we delay clamping the umbilical cord?

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Nov 26, 202339:06pending

Science Week Special: What are the biggest threats to humanity?

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Nov 19, 202357:35pending

Futureproof Extra: Exploring why UTIs persist with artificial bladders

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Nov 14, 202314:38pending

EIRSAT-1: Ireland’s first satellite set for launch

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Nov 12, 202332:11pending

Best of Futureproof: Why You Can't Focus

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Nov 5, 202319:25pending

Futureproof Extra: The problem with 'Forever Chemicals'

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Oct 31, 202314:42pending

Nature’s most effective and delicious toxins

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Oct 29, 202342:25pending

Futureproof Extra: Pigments in the fossil record & the medical applications of B...

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Oct 24, 202327:03pending

Does free will exist?

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Oct 22, 202318:36pending

Do athletes perceive the world differently?

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Oct 15, 202333:55pending

Futureproof Extra: What causes male pattern hair loss?

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Oct 10, 202313:34pending

What are the "JuMBO" objects found in the Orion Nebula?

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Oct 8, 202336:14pending

Futureproof Extra: Just how big can our brains get?

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Oct 3, 202313:06pending

Are we too fixated on optimising our world?

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Oct 1, 202333:59pending

Futureproof Extra: Toxoplasma Gondii

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Sep 26, 202316:04pending
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