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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. Audio

12:01 PM.Broadband prices, understanding Alzheimer's, treating phobias using VR, and how Football Manager blurs gaming and reality. Audio

1:55 PM.Nina Keneally is offering young professionals in New York City her services as a mother. For a fee she will listen to you moaning about your friends, your career and your life in a non-judgemental… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Zoë Corbyn is based in San Francisco and she's been looking at some of the business opportunities created by a relaxation in the legal use of marijuana. Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Dr Bev Lawton answers your questions about peri-menopause, insomnia and how drinking caffeine and alcohol affects hot flushes. Audio

1:15 PM.Technology correspondent Peter Griffin on Facebook's Instant Articles' arrival in New Zealand. Also government plans to crack down on the cybercriminals who cost New Zealanders an estimated $250… Read more Audio

1:01 PM.Tech news, menopause questions, marijuana delivery service and a professional mum. Audio

12:55 PM.Dr Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists on 'smart', targeted painkillers that can be activated using light. Read more Audio

12:40 PM.How Ritalin works, its uses, mis-uses and the dangers. With John Ashton, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology at the Otago School of Medical Sciences. 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

12:15 PM.Every month hundreds of mums get together in 18 locations around NZ to cook for other mums for the not-for-profit group Bellyful. We go to a local cook-a-thon and do a delivery run with Rebecca… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:01 PM.Bellyful, Ritalin and smart painkillers. Audio

1:45 PM.If you discover a new species, say a new bird or a mollusc, how do you go about finding a decent name for it that nobody's ever used before?! Te Papa vertebrate curator Dr Colin Miskelly has been… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Parabens are chemicals used as preservatives in everything from our cosmetics to our food. With a lots of of consumer products marketed and sold to us as 'paraben free', we ask toxicologist Professor… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Technology time with Peter Griffin and news of an undersea internet cable linking New Zealand and Hawaii. Also Facebook moves into livestreaming with Facebook Live, and how the instant messaging… Read more Audio

1:01 PM.Technology news, parabens and finding names for new species. Audio

12:50 PM.Naked Science with Dr Chris Smith and scientists in California have worked out that people who feel isolated experience specific changes to their immune systems. Also a new study reveals some reasons… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.All over the world sugar is being demonised as the new dietary baddie, linked with obesity, diabetes and tooth decay. The science journalist Dr Michael Mosley has been trying out some of the… Read more Audio

12:25 PM.A Little Spotted Kiwi has been filmed destroying a North Island Robin's nest and killing two young chicks. It's the first time that this endangered, flightless bird has been seen showing this level of… Read more Video, Audio

12:15 PM.An international scientific conference in Washington DC this week has been considering the ethical and scientific issues surrounding human gene editing technology. Sara Reardon of Nature has been… Read more Audio

12:01 PM.Gene editing, killer kiwi, sugar alternatives and loneliness kills. Audio

1:45 PM.We look at the different varieties of hormone replacement therapy or HRT available on the market with Dr Bev Lawton. She's Director of the Wellington Menopause Clinic, the director of the Women's… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Amid the warnings about the rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs, and living in a 'post-antibiotic era', Professor Richard James of the University of Nottingham is surprisingly bullish. He's pinning… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.The tiny Gulf state of Qatar is gearing up to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Robert Booth has recently been in Qatar and met the fans who are being paid to attend games and fill up the stands. Read more Audio

1:01 PM.Qatar gears up for FIFA World Cup, next gen antibiotics and HRT Audio