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Are you a psychopath?

Update: Listen to the podcast here: http://media.newstalk.ie/podcast/23118/popup This week on Futureproof, we speak to Neuroscientist Jim Fallon of University California...

March 11th, 2011

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Would you let a blind person drive?

On this week’s Futureproof we speak to Dennis Hong from Virginia Tech College of Engineering.  He heads up a team...

March 10th, 2011

Spot the Difference…

See these mice?  They’re both the same, identical in fact.  At least they are genetically.  On this week’s show we...

March 3rd, 2011

Planck and The Cosmic Background Radiation Field

This week we have an exclusive interview with David Southwood, Science Director of the European Space Agency. He’ll be discussing...

March 2nd, 2011

On this week’s Futureproof

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE It has proven effective against parkinsons, extreme pain and even irritable bowel syndrome, this week,...

February 18th, 2011

Most important election promise for science?

Labour has promised to legislate for stem cell research, Fianna Fail have gone for GM food and the Greens want...

February 15th, 2011

On this week’s Futureproof…

This week, we speak to Kevin Nelson, author of the God Impulse on what happens when we die, why we...

February 11th, 2011

What happens when we nearly die?

This week on Futureproof, we speak to author and Kevin Nelson, a man who has devoted his time looking into...

February 9th, 2011

Animals in Our Labs – The Difficult Questions

Every year 12 million rats, mice, dogs and other animals are used in laboratories across Europe.  This week we speak...

February 4th, 2011

How clever is your brain? Perception Tests

This week we’ll speak neuroscientists to Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde see how magicians exploit our brain for their tricks. ...

February 2nd, 2011

The Science of Magic

If you’re a fan of Derren Brown, David Blaine or even Paul Daniels you’ll not want to miss our chat...

February 1st, 2011

The science of tiny things: CRANN

We visited CRANN this week, the nanoscience facility at TCD.  You can hear the piece in the latest show podcast...

January 30th, 2011

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