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Hair Necessities
12:10 PM.We meet a wig-maker, hair collectors, and the chemist studying how our hair tells where we've been. Audio
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Diced Chicken
1:50 PM.Dissecting a chook to see how eggs are made. Audio
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London Calling
1:35 PM.Wonky in-car GPS systems are causing havoc on the roads, and the TV chef taking on Tesco. Audio
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Swindled: Part 5
1:15 PM.The science of detection versus the science of deception: using DNA analysis to track down fake foods. Audio
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Bear Necessities
12:50 PM.Contention over the invention of the world's favourite cuddly toy. Audio
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Social Networking
12:10 PM.What's their real value, and why people are using sites like Facebook and Bebo. Audio
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Tokyo Time
1:45 PM.The latest from Japan: virtual golf, smart vending machines and dangerous Crocs. Audio
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Drive Time
1:15 PM.A crashed computer hard drive means lost family photos and music downloads. So what can you do? Audio
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Swindled: Part 4
12:45 PM.Mock food in war-time, and the food flavourists on the hunt for the perfect raspberry flavour. Audio
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Chook Champs
12:10 PM.We're off to meet the judges, breeders and chicken-fanciers at the national pigeon and poultry championships. Audio
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New inventions
1:50 PM.Special underpants to test your blood pressure and the tiny waterblaster that could replace the toothbrush. Audio
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Prison food
1:40 PM.Grub's up at a famous US prison rodeo and there's not a metal tray in sight. Audio
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Perfect chemistry
1:30 PM.Take a DNA swab to find love. Audio
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Flour power
1:20 PM.With all the different types out there what's the difference between them and how do they work? Audio
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Rodent's return
1:15 PM.The beaver's getting reintroduced into the British wilderness. Audio
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Swindled 3
12:45 PM.More food frauds: this week adulterated milk, butter and margarine. Audio
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Yellow Fever
12:10 PM.How we use the phone book, and can they survive a digital future? Audio
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Bits and Bytes
1:50 PM.Shopping malls are watching your every move via your cell phone, and the one laptop per child project radically changes the design of their computer. Audio
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Perching Poultry
1:35 PM.The chooks are laying well but now there are problems with getting the birds to roost. Audio
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Beyond the Map
1:12 PM.We're in Africa and then Banks Peninsula to check out how GPS technology is doing a lot more than just telling you where you are. Audio
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Haven't a Cluedo
12:30 PM.Was it Colonel Mustard in the library with a wrench? Tim Walsh looks at the classic parlour game. Audio
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Post Its
12:10 PM.A glue that wouldn't stick has made millions for 3M. We talk to the inventor - plus find out what your 'Post It' use says about you. Audio
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Bits and Bytes
1:40 PM.Peter Griffin's back with i-Phone killers, plus get a guided tour of the solar system with Microsoft's Worldwide Telescope. Audio
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Drug Scandals in Sport
1:30 PM.But in Bullfighting? Toreador en garde! Audio
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Funky chicken call in
1:15 PM.We've been flooded with emails so chicken expert Darcy Philp answers some of your questions. Audio