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1:20 PM.Technology correspondent Peter Griffin on European moves that question the principle of net neutrality. And Google tries to bring better internet to the island nation of Indonesia with its balloons. Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Leonard Mlodinow is a physicist who was a screen writer on shows like Star Trek and MacGyver. His latest book 'The Upright Thinkers' (Allen Lane) charts the history of science and ideas from the… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.It's been called the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist; $27 million worth of maple syrup got nicked from a warehouse in Quebec. With the alleged thieves about to go on trial the whole story could be… Read more Audio

1:01 PM.Maple syrup theft, science news and Leonard Modinow's 'The Upright Thinkers'. Audio

12:50 PM.Naked Science with Dr Chris Smith. This week how electric eels can turn up the voltage to immobilise bigger prey. And the 'acoustic tractor beam'; a system that uses sound waves to manipulate objects… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.John Ashton is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology at the Otago School of Medical Sciences. He tells us how antihistamines work, why some of them make you drowsy, and how… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Could eating too much bacon kill you? Sarah Boseley, the health editor of the Guardian, has been following the story in Europe and the US. Also Professor Ian Shaw of The University of Canterbury has… Read more Audio

12:01 PM.Cured meats and cancer, antihistamines and technology news. Audio

1:50 PM.Emily Moriarty Lemmon of Florida State University has found a new, fast, and cheap way of compiling a complete family tree of thousands of bird species using their DNA. Read more Audio

1:40 PM.Peter Griffin looks at the future prospects for virtual reality. Also You Tube makes a premium offering, and the next generation of TVs called OLEDs hits NZ. Read more Audio

1:30 PM.A local startup called 8i tries to take virtual reality technology into our homes, and not just for gaming either. With Eugene d'Eon of 8i. Read more Audio

1:15 PM.A team of researchers led by Professor Ted Dinan of University College Cork has found that people taking a specific kind of probiotic bacteria experienced reduced stress levels and also an improvement… Read more Audio

1:01 PM.Probiotics and the brain, disrupting virtual reality, tech news and a complete family tree for birdlife. Audio

12:50 PM.The Mexican government's being criticised over a vote to water down its tax on fizzy drinks. David Agren's been following the issue in Mexico City. Audio

12:40 PM.Dr Chris Smith with news of some very old Australian rocks. Plus how sound waves can improve a medicine's effectiveness, and are first borns really any brighter than their siblings? Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Kashmir Hill of fusion.net on worries about the privacy of genetic information provided to genealogy and health analysis websites like Ancestry.com and 23andme.com Read more Audio

12:15 PM.From SSRIs to black cohosh, we look at some of the alternatives to Hormone Replacement Therapy with menopause specialist Dr Bev Lawton. Read more Audio

12:01 PM.HRT alternatives, DNA tests and privacy, science news and Mexican soft drink tax. Audio

1:40 PM.Philip Howard looks at the challenges and opportunities of a networked world in 'Pax Technica - how the internet of things may set us free or lock us up'. Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Canadian scientist Dr Elaine Petrof has developed synthetic faecal transplants in a project she's calling 'RePOOPulate', faeces that's grown in the lab eradicating the need for complex donor… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Tech news with Peter Griffin: job losses at Twitter and how video on demand could be the reason that illegal downloading is declining in Australia. Audio

1:01 PM.Peter Griffin with the latest tech news, Dr Elaine Petrof on 'RePOOPulate', synthetic faecal transplants, and Philip Howard explores the internet of things. Audio

12:50 PM.Naked Scientist Dr Chris Smith with the latest science news. Locating epilepsy in the brain and research on babies' ability to mimic sounds reveals the important role our tongues play in learning… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Simon Parkin explores video gaming in his book 'Death By Video Game: tales of obsession from the virtual frontline'. Read more Audio

12:15 PM.How the brain controls our ability to have children. Professor Allan Herbison from the Department of Physiology at University of Otago explains how Kisspeptin could lead to new treatments for… Read more Audio