Jonathan McCrea

Jonathan McCrea

65 Interviews

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Jonathan McCrea & Philip Goff 21 Apr 2024 • EN

The Purpose of the Universe

Philip Goff is Professor of Philosophy at Durham University and author of Why? The Purpose of the Universe

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Jonathan McCrea & Susan Kelleher + Lara Dungan 07 May 2023 • EN

Lab-Grown Blood

In this episode of Futureproof, Dr Susan Kelleher and Dr Lara Dungan join Jonathan McCrea for Newsround, and he explores the future of lab-grown blood with Dr Rebecca Cardigan, National Head of Component Development from NHS Blood & Transplant.

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Jonathan McCrea & Sean Carroll 30 Oct 2022 • EN

What is energy anyway?

Physics, while absolutely fascinating, can be impenetrable. And it isn't just cutting-edge ideas that can melt our brains, often we accept basic principles and ideas without really knowing how they work or even what they are. This week, Jonathan is joined by Sean Carroll, physicist, and author of 'The Biggest Ideas in

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Jonathan McCrea & Aubrey de Grey 25 Sep 2022 • EN

Longevity, Immortality and the quest to defeat death with Aubrey De Grey

How do you eat an elephant? One spoon at a time, right? Well It's the same with living forever. No one is going to find a magic potion that will make you 20 again but over the years we are slowly, consistently and incrementally improving patient health and preventing diseases associated with ageing. We've nearly double

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Jonathan McCrea & Lera Boroditsky + Mark Pagel + Daniel Oberhaus 28 Aug 2022 • EN

The Futureproof Language Special

Language is fundamental to who we are and what has makes us so successful as a species, and while all species have their own means of communicating, we are the only ones that seem to have mastered it. But where did this ability to share complex ideas using sound come from? And what effect has it had on our development?

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Jonathan McCrea & Julia Shaw 26 Jul 2022 • EN

Futureproof Extra: The Science of Bisexuality

Dr. Julia Shaw, a psychological scientist at University College London and the author of ‘Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality’ joins Jonathan to discuss her work in uncovering the many surprising truths behind sexual orientation and bisexuality as a whole.

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