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1:25 PM.Lee Jensen is a visual artist and a designer who is also a collector of more than 160 perfumes and scents. He's using some of them as part of his exhition 'Soliflore: White Rose/White Lily' which runs… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.The bushfires currently raging in Tasmania aren't just threatening human life and property. Professor David Bowman of the University of Tasmania is seriously worried about their environmental impact.

1:01 PM.Tasmanian bushfires: the ecological impact, smelly art and seashells. Audio

12:42 PM.Dr Trevor Graham of Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London is using mathematics as a way to identify patterns of growth in cancerous tumours. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Dr Chris Smith on a paper exploring a potential link between infection in pregnant mothers and childhood autism. Also scientists sequence the genome of seagrasses, to work out why they are so tolerant… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.P. K. Beville has been working with dementia patients for more than 30 years and is trying to transform the way they are cared for and treated with her virtual dementia tour. So far it's been… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.P. K. Beville has been working with dementia patients for more than 30 years and is trying to transform the way they are cared for and treated with her virtual dementia tour. So far it's been… Read more Audio

12:01 PM.Virtual dementia tour, science news (autism and seagrasses) and the mathematics of cancer. Audio

1:50 PM.The ancient Romans were at the front of the curve with their waste management and public sanitation systems. But Piers Mitchell at the University of Cambridge has discovered that they were still… Read more Audio

1:40 PM.Ants have got a reputation for being industrious insects with a good work ethic and a keen sense of community. But this reputation is inaccurate, according to Daniel Charbonneau of the University of… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Technology news with Peter Griffin and the Sky upgrade gets mixed reviews, and Netflix threatens to crack down on the use of virtual private networks or VPNs. Audio

1:10 PM.New Zealander Barry Vercoe was involved in the One Laptop Per Child project and he's now trying to put a low cost, modular, easily upgradeable laptop called INFINITY into classrooms closer to home. Read more Video, Audio

1:01 PM.The modular laptop and technology news (Sky upgrade and Netflix VPN crackdown). Plus lazy ants and dirty Romans. Audio

12:35 PM.Sarah Allinson of Lancaster University has reviewed two recent but contradictory studies in the journals Nature and Science looking at the causes of cancer. So how much is down to lifestyle choices… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.In his book 'The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor' (Simon and Schuster) Mark Schatzker looks at how the flavour of our food has changed, and how the industry that makes… Read more Audio

12:01 PM.The Dorito Effect, causes of cancer, and repurposing old drugs for cancer treatment. Audio

1:50 PM.If you're a male in an order of arachnids called the Harvestmen you can end up with jaws 10 times longer than your body! Greg Holwell at the University of Auckland studies this sort of 'exaggerated… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Martin Ford considers the future of the world's workforce in his book 'The Rise of the Robots' (One World). Read more Audio

1:20 PM.The New Zealand falcon or karearea is New Zealand's only endemic bird of prey. We head out with Hugh Robertson, one of the authors of The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand, to find some. Audio

1:10 PM.Dr Chris Smith discussed the journal Science's awards for the big discoveries and breakthroughs of 2015. Read more Audio

1:01 PM.Science's breakthrough discoveries of 2015, NZ Falcons, rise of the robot workers and animals' exaggerated weaponry. Audio

12:45 PM.Football Manager is a video game based on simulating life as a professional football manager in incredible detail. Gaming journalist Simon Parkin explores its global appeal. Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Professor John Hardy's work was recognised last month with a US$3 million award from some of the biggest names in the world of technology. He's studying the brains of people suffering from Alzheimer's… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.At the heart of VR technology's appeal is its ability to simulate the real world in an entirely immersive, realistic and coherent way. This makes it a powerful tool for psychologists, who are using it… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Peter Griffin has tech news, and broadband prices look like they're on the way up. Plus Uber and Facebook team up to make ordering a cab even easier, and safety fears over the hoverboard. Read more Audio