Guest: Michelle Carr, Director of the Dream Engineering Laboratory at Montreal's Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine and author of ‘Into the Dream Lab: The New Science of Dreams and Nightmares’.
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14/06/2026 | 31 mins.
Guests: Dr. Corentin Loron, Paleobiologist in Trinity College Dublin
Dr. Susan Kelleher, Associate Professor of Chemistry in DCU
Shane Bergin, Physicist & Assistant Professor in Science Education at UCD
Extra: Was there human sacrifice in ancient Rome?
09/06/2026 | 13 mins.
Guest: Frederic Auth, Doctoral Researcher at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
How does sperm work in outer space?
07/06/2026 | 33 mins.
Guests: Hannah Lyons, Reproduction Researcher in Adelaide University
Matthew Campbell from Trinity College Dublin
Dr Ruth Freeman from Research Ireland
Extra: How microbes tackle pollution
02/06/2026 | 15 mins.
Guest: Ludmilla Aristilde, Environmental Engineering Professor at Northwestern University
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