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12:30 PM.Knowing where and when a landslide will occur is currently more of an art than a science, but a Wellington research team is figuring out how cheap GPS sensors could help predict them. Read more Audio

12:15 PM.For the first time ever, a UK design team have grown and harvested a crop without a single human being setting foot in the field. Read more Audio, Gallery

12:01 PM.Farms without farmers? Sensing slips: better landslide detection. Adventures in Intelligence: testing smart pills and brain hacks, and reflecting on mortality with the WeCroak app. Audio

12:01 PM.Who are the main players, who protects your security and privacy best, and why does Apple keep sending alerts that your iCloud is full? Peter Griffin looks at the options for safely storing data and… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Facebook blames Cambridge Analytica for allegedly obtaining personal information from millions of American Facebook users in an attempt to manipulate elections – but are the UK consulting firm really… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Our brain's reward centres help keep us alive, but they also make us susceptible to manipulation on the internet. Ramsay Brown is exploring more transparent (and ethical) ways to harvest online… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Most of the bacon we eat is processed using sodium nitrite, which has been linked to an increased risk of colorectal cancer. But many New Zealand firms are producing nitrite-free bacon.

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12:01 PM.Making bacon (nitrite free), online design to hack your attention, and Facebook's data breach. Audio

12:45 PM.This week, a warning about electric vehicles from a group of NZ citizen scientists, flying taxis to be trialled here, and why the people who sift through and remove disturbing YouTube content work a… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.Algorithms and artificial intelligence are being used to screen job candidates. The problem for jobseekers is whether the system is open or fair.

Sifting through millions of job applications costs… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.As we head into the European professional cycling season, pro cycling is still dominated by rumours of drug taking and cheating thanks to a select committee report in the UK that's just been… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Farrell Monaco researches and recreates recipes from ancient history. Her culinary exploration ranges from cheese made to Roman farmer Columella's recipe, to Roman porridge, and Cato the Elder's Globi… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:01 PM.Edible archaeology: recreating Pompeii's bread, pro cycling's latest doping scandal, robotic recruitment and Bits+Bytes (Nissan Leaf battery warning, Facebook and politics, flying taxis's NZ trial… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Joining Peter Griffin to navigate the world of tech and analysing the latest news from the digital world. This week plans are afoot to position New Zealand as a base station for the global satellites… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.An Australian family-run business called Wombaroo has carved out an unusual niche for itself making baby formula for a whole menagerie of exotic animals. Gordon Rich of Wombaroo tells us how his… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:15 PM.According to food writer Bee Wilson, the meat industry has been well aware of the dangers of eating processed meat for decades and has been concealing this from consumers, a cover-up she compares to… Read more Audio

12:01 PM.Telling porkies: the big bacon cover up, baby formula for exotic animals and Bits+Bytes (broadband, space race and #Alexalaughs) Audio

12:40 PM.Bits and Bytes with Peter Griffin helping you navigate the world of tech and analysing the latest news from the digital world. This week, Spotify goes public (well sort of!). But can it continue to… Read more Audio

12:05 PM.He Huarahi Tamaraki (HHT)is a school for teenage parents set up in Linden, north of Wellington, more than 20 years ago. Read more Audio, Gallery

12:45 PM."How far and how fast can humans go? What defines a person's limits?"...these are some of the questions athlete and sports journalist Alex Hutchinson tries to answer in his book 'Endure: Mind, Body… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Bits and Bytes with Peter Griffin helping you navigate the world of technology and analysing the latest news from the digital world. This week Snapchat becomes a real threat to Facebook, Instagram and… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Digital ephemera fills our lives, and may appear to have little value... but not for everyone. Read more Audio

12:01 PM.Digital noise or cultural heritage? Bits+Bytes covers Snapchat and the Tesla cryptocurrency hack. Finally Alex Hutchinson's book 'Endure' explores the outer limits of human performance. Audio

12:50 PM.From a few panels on your rooftop to the giant solar farms spreading around the globe, cheaper solar tech has been boosting demand for this type of renewable energy throughout the world. In the US a… Read more Audio