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Tech news
1:15 PM.Tech news with Peter Griffin and Facebook moves into the workplace, and the online TV and film streaming service Netflix is coming to Australia and NZ in 2015. Audio
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Bacteria and the nervous system
12:50 PM.Naked Science with Dr Chris Smith. Fascinating new research shows how our gut bacteria helps with the formation of our nervous system. Read more Audio
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Big Soda battle
12:35 PM.How the city of Berkeley in California fought 'Big Soda' and won, with a new tax on sugary drinks. With Sara Soka, Campaign Manager of Berkeley vs. Big Soda. Read more Audio
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Racing robots at Robot World 2014, South Korea
12:15 PM.Robot World 2014 was recently held in Seoul, South Korea. We meet Professor Jacky Baltes from the University of Manitoba in Canada at these robot races. Read more Audio
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Books on bikes
1:55 PM.Mary Craig of Books on Bikes is one of a team of intrepid librarians using cargo bikes to spread book love in her community. Audio
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World chess champs
1:40 PM.John Saunders is the Associate Editor of CHESS Magazine on the world chess champs in Sochi in Russia. Read more Audio
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Virtual private networks
1:20 PM.Peter Griffin on why New Zealand's chief censor is threatening to charge internet service providers over the way they're offering consumers easy access to overseas content. Audio
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Korean street food
1:10 PM.Sampling three iconic Korean street food dishes in Seoul, in the company of foodie and blogger Daniel Gray. Read more Audio
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More lightning?
12:50 PM.Naked Science with Dr Chris Smith; how climate change could affect lightning strikes, and using DNA as a data storage mechanism. Read more Audio
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Peanut butter making
12:30 PM.Pic Picot started making his own peanut butter about 10 years ago and selling it at the Nelson Market. Today he roasts 20 tonnes of peanuts a week! Read more Audio
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Faecal transplant pill
12:15 PM.Could there be an alternative to the invasive, unappealing prospect of a faecal transplant? Dr Elizabeth Hohmann is working on a pill that can do the same job with seemingly equal efficacy, and Dr… Read more Audio
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Smart bike
1:55 PM.Alexander Choi of Vanhawks is developing a smart bike; it's full of sensors that help you ride more safely. Read more Audio
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Hello Kitty turns 40
1:45 PM.Hello Kitty has just turned 40- the cartoon and design icon's 'birthday' is being marked by a convention and museum exhibition in Los Angeles. Christine Yano is a co-curator of the exhibition. Read more Audio
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Can shift work make you dumber?
1:15 PM.Dr Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists beams in with the latest science news; this week how shift work affects your brain, and how gut bacteria could be helping us stay slim. Read more Audio
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High definition music
1:15 PM.The days of compressed music, of trying to jam as many lower resolution tracks as you can on a hard drive or MP3 player, could be numbered. Gilad Tiefenbrun of LINN Products on the past and the future… Read more Audio
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Denmark: beer and breast milk
12:50 PM.Helen Russell lives in Denmark. Friday is a big day for Danish beer drinkers. It's J-Day, the day when Danes get their special Christmas brew delivered! Audio
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Tech news
12:40 PM.Peter Griffin with tech news, as Warner Music becomes the first major music label to sign a licensing deal with the popular German audio streaming website Soundcloud. Audio
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Flower thefts
12:15 PM.Sam Knight has written about the strange theft of one of the world's rarest flowers from Kew Gardens in London earlier this year. Audio
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Birds: The rifleman
1:45 PM.We head out with Hugh Robertson on the hunt for the smallest of our indigenous birds, the rifleman. Read more Audio
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Fighting cancer using our immune system
1:25 PM.Jordan Green is a biomedical engineer from Johns Hopkins University who's trying to train our immune systems to fight cancer. Audio
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Maori language algorithm
1:10 PM.Ed Abraham and Douglas Bagnall of Dragonfly Science have designed a clever computer code to count kiwis in the wild, and also works out how much Maori language is being spoken on our radio and TV… Read more Audio
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Wireless charging
12:45 PM.Greg Cross of PowerbyProxi is developing wireless charging technology that's trying to consign the good old plug to the technological scrapheap. Audio
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Bhutanese cooking
12:30 PM.Bishnu Dahal cooks ema datsi; a chilli cheese stew that's Bhutan's national dish. Read more Audio
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Reheating pasta
12:15 PM.Dr Michael Mosley on research suggesting that reheating our food can change it nutritionally. So you can make your pasta better for you just by cooling and then reheating it? Read more Audio
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Yoga Joes
1:50 PM.Dan Abramson's started hacking classic plastic toy soldiers to adopt yoga poses. Audio