Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
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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
Guest: Dr Clare Cousins, Reader in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of St Andrews
Guests: Susan Kelleher of DCU Laura Hayes of DIAS Tim Friede
Guest: Prof Cliona O’Farrelly, Chair in Comparative Immunology at TCD
Guests: Dr Shane Bergin, UCD Professor Annie Curtis, RCSI Dr Shelley Brady Postdoctoral Researcher at the Insight Research Ireland Centre for Data Analytics at DCU
Guest: Adam Kucharski, Mathematician and Epidemiologist, and Author of 'Proof: The Uncertain Science of Certainty'.
