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12:50 PM.Fish not only have lifelong relationships and intricate dating rituals, they also use tools, hunt in tandem and punish wrongdoers, says Jonathan Balcombe, author of What a Fish Knows. Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Dr Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists looks at a way to fight the flu virus using a colourful Indian frog and a super bandage that encourages wounds to heal way faster. Read more Audio

12:35 PM.In Norway, the world's first electric car ferry is operating successfully and a whole fleet of more eco-friendly vessels is on its way. Now low-emission, plug-in ferries could be a viable option for… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:25 PM.Arabic is a badly under-represented language online. Now a local project wants New Zealand to become a 'digital Switzerland' and make Arabic academic material easier for students and teachers to find… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Amateur marathon sleuth Derek Murphy is using publicly available data and social media to bust the running cheats. Read more Audio, Gallery

12:01 PM.The marathon detective, boosting Arabic online, Norway's electric ferry fleet, fighting flu with frogs, and fish have feelings too. Audio

12:55 PM.As well as littering this planet with lots of rubbish, we're now filling space with debris, too. Dr Jason Held of Saber Astronautics thinks he might have found an answer. Read more Audio, Gallery

12:50 PM.Professor Peko Hosoi from MIT has made a 'tree on a chip' to help power the robots of the future. Read more Audio

12:35 PM.The idea that a piece of content has 'gone viral' has become a badge of honour for its creators. But can you really catch a good meme like you catch a cold? Derek Thompson looks at online popularity.

12:15 PM.Can you imagine learning to ride a bike as an adult? A group of refugees and new migrants did just that at a recent women's cycling day in Wellington. Read more Audio, Gallery

12:01 PM.Learning to ride a bike, going viral, a 'tree on a chip' to power robots, and solving the space junk challenge. Audio

12:50 PM.Taking penicillin when pregnant could alter the brain chemistry of your offspring; and scientists have detected an atmosphere around an Earth-sized planet about 40 light years away.  Read more Audio

12:40 PM.We go on a walk with Christine O'Sullivan - who has multiple sclerosis - to check out the Alinker, a kind of standing bicycle that you propel using your feet. Read more Audio, Gallery

12:30 PM.Unlimited mobile broadband plans come to NZ, but there are a few fish hooks you need to be aware of; and some big telcos are selling our mobile data for use by tourist attractions and retailers. Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Attention - getting it, keeping it, getting it back again - is now the basis of a massive global industry. Columbia University professor Tim Wu looks at the workings of the 'attention merchants'. Read more Audio

12:01 PM.The Attention Merchants, selling your mobile data, the walking bike that's changing lives, and taking penicillin while pregnant: are there risks? Audio

12:50 PM.Changes in the the earth's magnetic field have scientists wondering what's going on. We know that in the past, south was north and north was south. Now there are reports that patches of the earth's… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.Self-driving trucks are now being tested in several US states. The autonomous transport method's just been identified as one of the top ten breakthrough technologies by MIT's Technology Review and… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Since the success of the Velib in Paris 10 years ago, bike sharing schemes are now up and running in about one thousand places worldwide. We've got a round up of the ones that flopped and the ones… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.All you need to hit the rails and trails of Wellington with the Folding Goldies is a Gold Card, a bike (ideally a folding one) and some free time. Read more Audio, Gallery

12:01 PM.A different kind of bike gang, bike sharing schemes, self driving trucks and is the earth's magnetic field reversing? Audio

12:55 PM.Dr Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists on a discovery by a team of Australian researchers which has found that the venom of one of the world's most dangerous spiders can protect brain cells after a… Read more Audio

12:50 PM.Riffle shuffle or overhand? What's the best way to shuffle playing cards? Professor Graham Kendall is a mathematician studying blackjack, roulette...and packs of cards. Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Simple radio technology - previously used to track kiwis in the wild - is helping tackle the problem of people with dementia getting disoriented and lost. Read more Audio, Gallery

12:25 PM.Some cool applications for VR technology in art and filmmaking; Google wants you to share your location data with you friends; and a new concert subscription service is dubbed "Netflix for live… Read more Audio