A vaccine for HIV?
HIV – the lentivirus that causes AIDS – has proven a massive challenge to medicine. While treatments are constantly improving...
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It’s been a week of New Year’s resolutions… “eat less”, “save more”, “beat score on Angry Birds”… but how likely...
The best of Futureproof 2011
On a special New Year’s Eve Futureproof, we’ll be looking back at some of our favourite interviews of 2011. We’ll...
A very festive Futureproof
Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except for our dedicated team...
The astounding physics of Santa’s sleigh
Tune in to a very festive Futureproof this Christmas Eve as we talk Santa and physics… at the same time!...
When parents make their children sick
Why would a parent intentionally make their child ill? On the next Futureproof, we tackle the controversial and fascinating Münchausen...
Chess + Boxing = Chessboxing
Possibly the strangest hybrid ever invented, chessboxing is also among the most difficult sports in the world. Invented by Dutch...
Life, 3 billion years ago
On today’s show, we speak to New Scientist journalist Michael Marshall about LUCA – the last universal common ancestor. 3...
The Body Farm
On this week’s Futureproof, we’ll be speaking to Dawnie Steadman, the director of the Forensic Anthropology Facility in the University...
Foreign Accent Syndrome
On today’s Futureproof, we speak to Professor Sophie Scott from The Centre for Human Communication at UCL about Foreign Accent...
The end of ageing?
What if getting old wasn’t inevitable? In the past one hundred years, humans have pushed their average lifespan from 31...
Futureproof visits the ‘Dead Zoo’
Tune in tomorrow to hear our recent visit to Dublin’s Dead Zoo (or, to use its official title, The National...
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