Jonathan McCrea

So yes, this is Star Trek.

And yes, it's a bit nerdy, right?

But the mathematics, the underlying mathematics and physics behind warp drives is sound.

And on this week's program, we're going to be speaking to an astrophysicist who's trying to figure out the physics and maths behind

to make them a reality.

It's blue sky research.

I just want to say that.

But it's also pretty cool.

First, though, it's time to look back at some of the more interesting stories from the World of Science this week.

We're joined by Professor Annie Curtis from RCSI and from UCD, Dr. Shane Bergen.

Shane, our first story has to do with Mars.

And I don't know how many times we've played that song.

Aidan's a big Bowie fan, our producer, and a big Star Trek fan.

So this show is covered with him.

But this is a story about potential life on Mars.

Yeah, because I mean, the concept of organic life coming to Earth is one of the hypotheses that actually it was brought from comets or other things.

Like culture.

Celestial whizzy bits, right?

Yeah.

And so that would very much explain why we have that in Mars.