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China's ketamine problem
12:15 PM.The BBC's Celia Hatton has been investigating China's growing ketamine problem and the global trade in the drug. Read more Audio
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This Way Up 25 July 2015: Part 1
12:01 PM.The global trade in the drug ketamine. Also science journalist Alok Jha, author of 'the Water Book'. Audio
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Cookbooks of the future
1:45 PM.Food historian Ken Albala has been pondering the future of the cookbook in the digital age. Read more Audio
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Birds: Saddleback
1:30 PM.Hugh Robertson on the saddleback. Read more Audio
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Space-based internet
1:25 PM.Greg Wyler is the founder and chief executive of OneWeb, a project to bring faster broadband to the remotest parts of the planet using satellites. Read more Audio
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Science: autism causes and the power of screams
1:15 PM.Dr Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists with news of work on the causes of autism. Also why are screams so good at grabbing our attention?! Read more Audio
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This Way Up 18 July 2015: Part 2
1:01 PM.The causes of autism, the power of screams, satellite-based internet, the saddleback and cookbooks of the future. Audio
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Peter Griffin's tech report
12:45 PM.Who is using Google's 'right to be forgotten' law in the EU. Also more on the USB or the Ultra Slow Broadband network, and how a huge surge in data use fuelled by video streaming services is slowing… Read more Audio
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Hangovers and microbes
12:30 PM.Professor Tim Spector of King's College London on how the microbial communities in your gut could be playing a major role in how bad your hangover is after you overindulge in alcohol. Read more Audio
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Pluto mission
12:15 PM.Dr Michele Bannister is a New Zealander and an astronomer based in Canada. She's fascinated by NASA's New Horizons' Pluto mission and those stunning images of the outer reaches of our solar system. Read more Audio, Gallery
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This Way Up 18 July 2015: Part 1
12:01 PM.Pluto fly by, how your microbiome could make your hangover worse, and techology news (possible demise of Flash Player and broadband speeds) Audio
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Niue bee bank
1:55 PM.Beekeeper Andy Cory is trying to turn the tiny Pacific island of Niue into a safe haven for the world's honeybees. Read more Video, Audio
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Science: medical marijuana/ageing brains
1:45 PM.Dr Chris Smith with news of a study looking at how to get the benefits of medical marijuana without the negative side effects. Also your blood's role in ageing. Read more Audio
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Pickled prawns from India
1:25 PM.We make the Goan delicacy, prawn balchao with Jennifer Viegas. Read more Audio
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Tech: cyberbullying laws and Global Mode
1:10 PM.Some of the criticism of New Zealand's new cyberbullying law, the Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015. Also the geo-masking service Global Mode migrates to Australia. Read more Audio
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This Way Up 11 July 2015: Part 2
1:01 PM.Tech news (NZ new cyberbullying laws), cooking the Goan pickle prawn balchao, Naked Science (medical marijuana/ageing brains) and a Niue bee bank. Audio
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City of Gold
12:45 PM.Jonathan Gold is the food critic of the Los Angeles Times. His exploration of the different food cultures of Los Angeles is the subject of the documentary 'City of Gold', screening at the New Zealand… Read more Video, Audio
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New antibiotics
12:30 PM.Professor Matt Cooper is the director of the Community for Open Antimicrobial Drug Discovery based at The University of Queensland. He's trying to find the next generation of antibiotics by testing… Read more Audio
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Organs on a chip
12:15 PM.The action of many human organs is now being accurately simulated outside the body in the lab. Professor Donald Ingber of Harvard University and his team developed these 'organs on a chip'. Read more Video, Audio
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This Way Up 11 July 2015: Part 1
12:01 PM.Organs on a chip, searching for new antibiotics and a doco about LA Times food critic Jonathan Gold. Audio
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Zopiclone
1:45 PM.Zopiclone is one of New Zealand's most commonly prescribed drugs. John Ashton of the Otago School of Medical Sciences tells us what it's used for. Read more Audio
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Kombucha
1:20 PM.Jo Bind of Wabi O Kombucha makes kombucha in Christchurch. It's a drink made from tea, sugar, bacteria and yeast, that's riding the wave of popular enthusiasm for all things fermented. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Antibiotics and obesity
1:10 PM.Dr Chris Smith of the Naked Scientists. Do women change colour when they ovulate? Also could antibiotic use in childhood be making us heavier in later life? Read more Audio
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This Way Up 4 July 2015: Part 2
1:01 PM.Early antibiotic use and obesity, kombucha and sleeping pills. Audio
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Tech: Apple Music review
12:45 PM.We review Apple's new music streaming service Apple Music with tech correspondent Peter Griffin. Read more Audio