The world's oldest person recently passed (as did Ireland's coincidentally) so in this week's episode, Luke takes a look at the science behind longevity.

The research behind staying alive longer is being backed by some of the world's wealthiest tech giants such as Jeff Bezos who's goal is to investigate the possibility of 'reverse aging'. What role do the unique chracteristics of the naked naked mole rat play and the very real life lengthening properties of staying active.

He looks at the incredible effects of a healthy diet as well as the part your genes have to play.

So if you want to hit the century to get The Centenarian Bounty from the President make sure to listen very carefully!

With the release of the latest installment of the Aliens franchise (Alien:Romulus), Luke thought it timely to revisit the scientific possibility of the existence of extra terrestrial life.

He tells an intriguing tale of NASA's efforts to make contact going back to the launch of Voyager in the 70s and what artefacts that might pique the interest og a nosy alien. He also reveals the recent revelations regarding the possibility of life on Mars.

Take your protein pills, put your helmet on and enjoy!

Responding to a request from a listener, this week's episode has Luke explaining the science of hypnosis. What is it and how does it work?

Luke also examines the benefitial use of hypnosis to treat mental health, in pain relief and helping with nausea as well as its suspected use by Satan to control earth's population by way of heavy metal.

You have been warned!

Did you know there are two astronauts stuck on the International Space Station? Well Luke didn't so that prompted him to take a look into the history and space engineering that went into the construction of one of the biggest machines ever built by mankind.

In this week's episode he reveals some fascinating insights into how the ISS came to be, why it's there and what iis it like to live in space.

If Ronan Keating is to believed Life indeed is a rollercoaster but what is the science behind their exhilarating/terrifying appeal?

In this week's episode Luke answers a listener's request and plunges head first into the hows and whys of rollercoasters, the use of magnets and repulsion and why we keep going back to terrify ourselves silly.

So strap yourself in, it's going to be a topsy turvy ride!

Paris 2024 is in full swing and Irish swimmers are having a very successful games with a bronze so far for Mona McSharry and gold for Daniel Wiffen.

On this week's Show Me The Science, Luke takes a timely look at the history and evolution of swimsuit design and how scientific advances have helped swimmers maxmise their performances in the water.

The use of processed foods has lead to longer shelf lives and cheaper foods but just how damaging are they to our long term health? In this week's episode Luke lays bare the stark reality of the damage over compumption of ultra-processed food is causing. What exactly is the definition of ultra-processed food? Why and where is it so damaging and what can the huge number of studies do to help curb it's fatal influence.

This week Luke responds to a request from a listener to do an episode on the general science of evolution and he has duly obliged. Why do we see evolution? How LUCA started it all, the effect of modern technology and how the study of evolution could lead to breakthroughs in the treatment of diseases such as alzheimers.