RTE One 8.30PM, Monday, November 10, 2014
Kathriona checks in with the technological wonderkids of CoderDojo who are celebrating “all things cool”, Aoibhinn finds out about a radical new way to treat potentially fatal aneurysms which dramatically reduces the complications involved in open heart surgery, and Jonathan is imagining life on Mars – a prospect which could be a reality much sooner than you’d think! Meanwhile in Weird Science, Fergus investigates the so-called “Pregnancy Paradox”…
Episode Segments
Part 1 : Life on Mars
It may sound like something straight out of a science fiction screenplay, but there are plans afoot to establish a permanent human colony on the Red Planet by 2025. Jonathan behind the man behind the Mars One project, and an Irish scientist who is on the shortlist for the one-way trip. And what can the study of Mars tell us about life closer to home? Jonathan meets Geomorphologist Mary Bourke to find out…
Part 2 : Coderdojo Coolest Projects Awards
In 2011, teenager James Whelton set up a computer club in his school in Cork and started teaching basic HTML and CSS. Incredibly, in just 3 years, there are now 480 Dojos in 48 countries around the world where young people go to learn how to code, develop websites, apps, programs, and games. It has just one rule: “Above All: Be Cool”!
Part 3 : Weird Science - Pregnancy Paradox
Our immune system is an amazing weapon for fighting viruses and infections… but not all foreign invasions are unwelcome…
Part 4 : EVAR - Surgical Innovation
Abdominal aortic aneurysms are like silent bombs waiting to explode. An untreated patient will usually die of internal bleeding and shock within a few hours, and even if they make it to surgery, the survival rates are less than 50%. But new technologies and innovative training methods can dramatically reduce the complications involved in aortic repair operations . Aoibhinn scrubs in with an RCSI surgical team to find out…
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