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  • Documentary Special: “Is There Anybody Out There?”
    Are we alone in the universe? Could there be other civilisations out there that we could possibly contact?In 1961, Astrophysicist Frank Drake tried to formulate an equation that could answer these questions.Today, we have finally reached a technological level that allows us to search for signs of life and technology on planets in distant star systems.So, “Is There Anybody Out There?”We’ll be asking that question on this very special episode of Futureproof...Guests:Sean Jordan - Associate Professor in Biogeochemistry and Astrobiology at Dublin City University @SeanFJProfessor Johanna Vos - Astrophysicist specialising in exoplanet atmospheres in Trinity College Dublin @TCD_physicsProfessor Lisa Kalteneger - Professor of Astronomy at Cornell and current Director of the Carl Sagan Institute @KalteneggerLisa
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  • Extra: Could There Be Life On Mars?
    Guest: Dr Clare Cousins, Reader in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of St Andrews
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  • The Man Who Endured 200 Snake Bites
    Guests:Susan Kelleher of DCULaura Hayes of DIASTim Friede
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  • Extra: Immunology from Deadly Pathogens
    Guest: Prof Cliona O’Farrelly, Chair in Comparative Immunology at TCD
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  • The Smells of an Epileptic Seizure
    Guests:Dr Shane Bergin, UCDProfessor Annie Curtis, RCSIDr Shelley Brady Postdoctoral Researcher at the Insight Research Ireland Centre for Data Analytics at DCU
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About Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

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 subscribe to Futureproof with Johnathan McCrea on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.   You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'
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