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Age prediction websites
12:15 PM.Nicola Twilley writes about age prediction websites for the New Yorker. Read more Audio
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Spain: shorter working hours
1:50 PM.Ashifa Kassam lives and works in Spain where the working day could be getting shorter. Also horses are becoming the latest casualties of the economic crisis that's hit the country, Audio
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AFRIpads
1:35 PM.In Africa a reusable sanitary pad is transforming young womens' lives for the better. With Sanne Bolkenstein of AFRIpads. Read more Audio
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Naked Science
1:25 PM.Naked Science with Dr Chris Smith and how newborn babies feel pain. Also Facebook gives us some solid evidence of the "echo chamber" effect online, and scientists unveil the prospect of a more… Read more Audio
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Tech news
1:10 PM.Technology news with Peter Griffin. So why is Spark protesting about possible price hikes for access to the copper broadband network? Also the rise and fall of anonymous messaging apps, and why Apple… Read more Audio
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Norman Doidge: Neuroplasticity
12:30 PM.Norman Doidge, author of 'The Brain's Way of Healing', argues that the brain is neuroplastic and capable of significant self-repair and healing. Read more Audio
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Medical detection dogs
12:15 PM.Using dogs to sniff out diseases like like cancer and diabetes. Dr Claire Guest is the co-founder of the UK charity Medical Detection Dogs. Read more Audio
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Do Not Track
1:40 PM.The Canadian documentary maker Brett Gaylor exposes the global economy surrounding internet tracking in his new doco series, Do Not Track. Read more Audio
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A rapid charging network for electric vehicles
1:15 PM.Steve West of charge.net.nz is trying to shake up New Zealand's electric car scene by building a nationwide network of rapid chargers. Read more Audio
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Naked Science - screening for obesity
12:50 PM.Dr Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists brings us the latest science news. This week, getting damaged spinal nerves to regrow in rats, and a possible way to screen for obesity. Audio
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Tech - broadband performance
12:35 PM.Internet users may have noticed that the network's been slow in the evenings recently. So what cound be to blame? With Peter Griffin and broadband performance expert John Butt of TrueNet. Read more Audio
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Junk DNA
12:15 PM.Nessa Carey's just written 'Junk DNA: A Journey Through The Dark Matter of the Genome' (Icon Books). Read more Audio
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Open innovation
1:40 PM.GitHub is an online community of some 9 million coders and web developers sharing computer code and working together. Brandon Keepers is its head of Open Source and he's in New Zealand talking about… Read more Audio
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India: air pollution and illegal blood
1:25 PM.Anu Anand lives in New Delhi, officially the city with the worst air pollution in the world. She's been looking at this issue, and also at India's market in illegal blood. Read more Audio
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What makes knuckles crack?
1:10 PM.Dr Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists with the science of why knuckles crack. Plus the bio-chemistry of why dogs gaze lovingly at their owners. Read more Audio
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International surrogacy
12:45 PM.The demand for cross border surrogacy is booming, with people travelling overseas to avoid local laws prohibiting payment for surrogate mothers. Australian Sam Everingham went through the process… Read more Audio
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Healthier fruit and veggies
12:15 PM.Mark Christensen of the Heritage Food Crops Research Trust is rediscovering healthier fruit and vegetables among heirloom varieties forgotten by the modern food production system. Read more Audio
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Invisible food barcodes
1:50 PM.Anthony Zografos of DNATrek has found a way to apply an invisible signature to the skin of a fruit or blended into oils and processed foods that can identify exactly where your food comes from. Read more Audio
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Paper books vs words onscreen
1:25 PM.Naomi Baron's the author of 'Words On Screen: The Fate of Reading in a Digital World' (Oxford University Press). The book explores the experience of reading on a screen versus reading a good old paper… Read more Audio
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Science: Moon origins and plucking hairs
1:15 PM.Dr Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists on mounting evidence to support the "big splat" theory to explain how our Moon was formed. Also plucking your hair could stimulate hair growth. Read more Audio
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Paris-Roubaix cycle race
12:50 PM.Ned Boulting previews one of the world's oldest bike races, the brutal Paris-Roubaix which involves riding 250 kilometres along sections of tricky cobblestones. Read more Audio
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Tech: Global Mode fight
12:35 PM.Technology news with Peter Griffin and we look at the move by some local broadcasters and content providers to band together and mount a legal challenge against the people developing and selling… Read more Audio
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Beer crackers
12:15 PM.James Chatterton and Mike Cheyne of Mash Tun Crackers love their beer. They were brewing when they had the idea of crackers as a tasty way to recycle the spent grains used in making ale. Read more Audio
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Mafia tours and crowdfunding heritage
1:50 PM.Journalist Rosie Scammell lives in Italy, where Mafia tours in Sicily for American tourists are proving controversial. Also the Italian government is turning to crowdfunding and philanthropy to help… Read more Audio
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Curvology
1:30 PM.The British science writer David Bainbridge turns his attention to the origins of female body shape in his new book 'Curvology'. Read more Audio