Guest: Laurence Hurst, Professor of Evolutionary Genetics at the University of Bath and the author of ‘The Evolution of Imperfection’

Guests:

• Professor David Webb, Professorial Research Fellow at Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies at Aston University in the UK

• Dr Shelley Brady of DCU

• Dr Shane Bergin of UCD

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 on planets in distant star systems.

So, “Is There Anybody Out There?”

We’ll be asking that question on this very special episode of Futureproof...

Guests:

• Sean Jordan - Associate Professor in Biogeochemistry and Astrobiology at Dublin City University @SeanFJ

• Professor Johanna Vos - Astrophysicist specialising in exoplanet atmospheres in Trinity College Dublin @TCD_physics

• Professor Lisa Kalteneger - Professor of Astronomy at Cornell and current Director of the Carl Sagan Institute @KalteneggerLisa

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'.