This Way Up Podcast Options

1:50 PM.Dr Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists with news of a study on mice that's showing how some cancers can be stopped in their tracks. Also a second as a unit of time measurement could soon mean… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Peter Griffin on what Budget 2016 means for the local science, research and technology sectors. Also Australia's planned "three strikes" law for alleged copyright infringers grinds to a halt, as the… Read more Audio

12:20 PM.'Controlled crying', the method tried by many parents of leaving babies to cry themselves to sleep is a safe and effective way to get babies to sleep well, according to Dr Michael Gradisar of Flinders… Read more Audio

12:01 PM.Slow (consumer) TV, controlled crying: does it work? and salt water fly fishing. Audio

1:50 PM.Dr Chris Smith with news about adult onset ADHD and tsunamis on Mars. Read more Audio

1:30 PM.A handheld DNA analyser powered by the sun could revolutionise the diagnosis of diseases like cancer and TB in the developing world. We speak to Jonathan O'Halloran of QuantuMDx who's working on the… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Technology correspondent Peter Griffin reports on the latest ideas coming out of Google's annual developer conference in California this week. Also the Finnish handset maker Nokia's fallen on tough… Read more Audio

1:01 PM.Tech news (Google developers' conference and the rebirth of Nokia?), handheld DNA analyser, buyer's guide to electric heaters, and adult onset ADHD/Martian tsunamis. Audio

12:55 PM.India correspondent Vidhi Doshi on India's burgeoning leg-lengthening industry. People are paying serious money to be taller, and endangering life and limb(s) in the process. Audio

12:40 PM.A type of equestrian noseband is causing animal welfare concerns in the lead-up to the Rio Olympics. An Australian study has highlighted the stress response of horses fitted with restrictive 'crank'… Read more Audio

12:01 PM.Shoeing horses, dressage downer, and India's limb-lengthening industry. Audio

1:45 PM.Peter Griffin gives his views on 'smart contracts' and some potential applications of blockchain technology. Also how willing are New Zealanders to pay for their news, media and other content? Plus… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Mark Pascall is organising two conferences held in Auckland and Wellington looking at the emergence of the blockchain, and of what's being called the 'smart contract'. He thinks it could have some… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Have you ever had that experience of flying somewhere, looking out of the aeroplane window, and seeing a mountain or a river or a valley and wondering where it is and what it's called? Well wonder no… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.David Agren lives in Mexico City and he reports that under new denomination of origin rules being considered by the Mexican government, many family mezcal producers could be forced out of business and… Read more Audio

1:01 PM.Mexico's mezcal muddle, Flyover Country app, 'smart contracts' and the blockchain, also tech news (paywalls for media/news and 'Netflix tax' on digital products). Audio

12:50 PM.Diana Bautista of the Department of Molecular & Cell Biology at the University of California, Berkeley studies itching and scratching, and what they can tell us. Read more Audio

12:40 PM.Silver particles a hundred thousand times smaller than the tip of a human hair could hold the key to improving our dental health. Dr Carla Meledandri, a Principal Investigator at the MacDiarmid… Read more Audio