Guests: Gabrielle Principe, Professor in the Department of Psychology at the College of Charleston
Jessamyn Fairfield from the University of Galway
Shane Bergin, Physicist & Assistant Professor in Science Education at UCD
Extra: How VR can improve the health of the elderly
30/06/2026 | 21 mins.
Guest: Martin O’Neill, Lecturer in Population Health Informatics & Statistics at the Atlantic Technological University
The Internet of Animals
28/06/2026 | 33 mins.
Guests: Martin Wikelski, Director at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
Andrea Kwakowsky, Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Therapeutics at the University of Galway
Extra: How Wi-Fi can be used for surveillance
23/06/2026 | 14 mins.
Guest: Felix Morsbach, Privacy and Security Researcher at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
What happens when you're struck by lightning?
21/06/2026 | 44 mins.
Guests: Jessamyn Fairfield from NUI Galway, Eoin Murphy Science Communicator, Mary Ann Cooper Managing Director in the African Centres for Lightning Education & Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois and Felix Morsbach Privacy and Security Researcher at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
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