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The Vital Question
12:15 PM.How did life begin? That's 'The Vital Question' biochemist Nick Lane poses in his new book. Read more Audio
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This Way Up 4 July 2015: Part 1
12:01 PM.A vital question- how life on earth began- and a review of Apple Music, the new streaming music service. Audio
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Cellphone data
1:50 PM.Jameson Toole from MIT is looking at how mobile phone data can be used to predict unemployment and measure economic performance far more quickly and cheaply than conventional statistical surveys. Audio
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Tech virtual reality and Global Mode settlement
1:30 PM.Peter Griffin on the death of Global Mode from the 1st of September. So if you're one of the tens of thousands of New Zealanders using this geo-masking service, which VPN service will you use, and how… Read more Audio
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Virtual reality buses
1:15 PM.In Christchurch, they're using virtual reality goggles to get bus drivers used to the layout of the new bus terminal. With Mandi Lawrence of Red Bus and Simon Yorke of Aurecon. Read more Video, Audio
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This Way Up 27 June 2015: Part 2
1:01 PM.Training Christchurch bus drivers using virtual reality, the Global Mode settlement and what it means to internet users, and using cellphone data to measure economic performance. Audio
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Naked science: what causes tinnitus?
12:55 PM.Dr Chris Smith of the Naked Scientists looks at research led by US and Chinese scientists into the causes of tinnitus. Read more Audio
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Why did the chicken cross the world?
12:30 PM.Andrew Lawler's the author of 'Why Did The Chicken Cross the World?: the epic saga of the bird that powers civilisation' (Duckworth Overlook). Read more Audio
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Inside the quiet zone
12:15 PM.Ed Cumming of the Observer Magazine has just been to visit Green Bank in West Virginia, part of the US National Radio Quiet Zone. Read more Audio
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This Way Up 27 June 2015: Part 1
12:01 PM.Inside the US National Radio Quiet Zone, why the chicken crossed the world, and the causes of tinnitus. Audio
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Going underground
1:50 PM.The Lowline is an ambitious plan to turn a disused trolley terminal in Manhattan into the world's first underground solar-powered park. With Robyn Shapiro of The Lowline. Read more Audio
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China's manufacturing robots
1:35 PM.Martin Ford's the author of "Rise of the Robots" (Basic Books). He thinks that China's reliance on industrial robots could pose some problems for the global economy. Read more Audio
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Tech: internet speeds and E3 gaming conference
1:25 PM.Technology news and Peter Griffin examines internet speeds, the latest from the E3 gaming conference in Los Angeles, and a 111 app. Read more Audio
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Holey cheese
1:10 PM.Nicola Twilley of the New Yorker and the Edible Geography blog looks at why Swiss cheese has holes in it, and New York's plans to force restaurant chains to put a warning next to salty dishes. Read more Audio
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Naked Science: Positive thinking
12:50 PM.Dr Chris Smith on why kangaroos are left handed! Also how replaying positive images and thinking positive thoughts could help reverse the symptoms of depression. Read more Audio
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Waterloo 200
12:15 PM.To mark the Waterloo bicentenary, 40 wargamers gathered in Wellington to refight the battle, and potentially rewrite the course of history. We meet Paul Goldstone and the cast of Waterloo 200. Read more Video, Audio, Gallery
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Empanadas
1:50 PM.We're cooking empanadas, a filled pastry loved through Spain and Latin America, with Rodrigo Cartagena of Puro Chile. Read more Audio
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Wine science
1:40 PM.Chris Simms from the New Scientist has been looking at the science of terroir and why wine tastes the way it does. Audio
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Birds: Whitehead
1:25 PM.The whitehead (mohoua albicilla) with birdman Hugh Robertson. Read more Audio
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Science: ulcer meds and fossils
1:15 PM.Dr Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists on recovering dinosaur tissue from fossils. Also common stomach ulcer drugs could be linked to an increased risk of heart attack. Read more Audio
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3D printing rhino horns
12:50 PM.A San Francisco biotech company, Pembient, is trying to make substitute rhino horns in the lab. Matthew Markus is its CEO. Read more Audio
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Tech: Apple's WWDC
12:40 PM.Peter Griffin on the news the Inland Revenue will choose a US company for a major technology contract. Also the main developments coming out of Apple's Worldwide Developers' Conference. Read more Audio
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Cell science revolution
12:25 PM.Dr Melanie McConnell from Victoria University of Wellington is researching how injured cells can enlist the help of healthy cells living nearby. Her work could be used to develop new ways to fight… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Football in Prisons
12:15 PM.David Goldblatt has just got back from Uganda where he visited Luzira Upper Prison, home to an elaborate prison football league credited with transforming life there. Read more Audio
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Loving your inner ecosystem
1:40 PM.In his book 'I, Superorganism' (Icon Books) the science writer Jon Turney goes on a journey through our inner ecosystem. On the way he he finds out there's lots to love about the hidden microbial… Read more Audio