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Technology Challenging Society Series
1:10 PM.Hamish Carter, Melodie Robinson, Jamie Tout and John Cronin on the future of technology in sport. Read more Audio
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Naked science: blood tests and fuel cells
12:52 PM.Dr Chris Smith brings the latest in science news. A blood test to predict how quickly someone will recover from an operation, plus the next generation solar cell that could be used to make cheap… Read more Audio
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Cocktails in resthomes
12:44 PM.Clea House of Magic Me explains how some rest homes in the UK are combating lonliness of their residents by throwing cocktail mix and mingles with the younger generations. Read more Audio
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Birds: Tomtit
12:32 PM.Hugh Robertson and Simon Morton go bush in search of the miromiro - the tomtit - a delighful wee fluffy bird that looks a bit like a robin. Read more Audio
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Lobsters, elks and apartments
12:25 PM.Lobster tourism, drunk elks and the 20 year wait list for an apartment with Maddy Savage. Audio
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The Panda Economy
12:15 PM.John Vidal, environment editor of The Guardian explains the big business of pandas. Read more Audio
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Cockroaches
1:50 PM.The wonderful world of cockroaches with David Rentz, author of 'A Guide to the Cockroaches of Australia'. Audio
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Reading the weather
1:35 PM.Australian Bureau of Meteorology Director Dr Rob Vertessy explains how they are doing weather forecasts for half a million seperate locations in Australia. Audio
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Naked Science: Ebola and multiple sclerosis
1:25 PM.Naked Science with Dr Chris Smith. With the spread of ebola, is it too late for a vaccine? And funding for a pre-clinical trial for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. Audio
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The knitted shoe revolution
1:15 PM.The rise of the knitted shoe with CityLab writer Bonnie Tsui. Audio
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The folding cardboard desk
12:50 PM.A foldable, lightweight, portable cardboard desk. With Refold designers Oliver Ward and Fraser Calloway. Read more Audio
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Dinner Lab
12:30 PM.The pop up restaurants taking their cues from diners rather than the chefs. Brian Bordainick from Dinner Lab on how customer critiques could change the restaurant business. Read more Audio
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Inside the strange world of the unboxing video
12:15 PM.Mireille Silcoff writes for The New York Times magazine on the global phenomenon that is unboxing. Read more Audio
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Tech news: Apple, Minecraft, Destiny
1:50 PM.Technology commentator Paul Spain on the big Apple event, the rumours that Microsoft wants to move into Minecraft, and the lauch of what's being touted as the biggest games release of the year. Audio
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The Shape We're In
1:30 PM.Sarah Boseley looks at the global obesity problem and what is being done about it in her new book 'The Shape We're In: How Junk Food and Diets Are Shortening Our Lives'. Audio
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Speedy sequencing
1:10 PM.The genetic revolution going on with DNA sequencing technology shrinking in size and in cost. Professor Mike Berridge and David Eccles from the Malaghan Instiutute demo some of the new technology. Audio
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Magpie attraction
12:55 PM.It's magpie swooping season. So are these black and white birds really attracted to shiny things? With Dr Toni Shephard from the University of Exeter. Audio
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High pressure food processing
12:40 PM.Sarita Males is the chief executive of The Foodbowl, part of the New Zealand Food Innovation Network. How to kill off the micro-organisms in our food through the equivalent of taking it 60 kilometres… Read more Audio
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Plant productivity
12:25 PM.Alex Haslam is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Queensland who's studying the link between office decor and workplace productivity. Read more Audio
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Naked Science: Ebola and breastfeeding
12:15 PM.Dr Chris Smith with the latest on the ebola outbreak in West Africa. Also why action films make you eat more, and how breastfeeding can create a healthier immune system. Audio
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Naked Science Wellington
1:15 PM.The second of our Naked Science shows, recorded at the Paramount Theatre in Wellington last month. Five top scientists speak to Simon Morton and Dr Chris Smith about their areas of expertise. The… Read more Audio
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Alcohol Science
12:40 PM.The science of alcohol; from yeast, to taste, to fermentation, to hangovers. Adam Rogers looks at the current state of our knowledge, and some of the common myths and misconceptions, in his book… Read more Audio
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Moving microbiomes
12:25 PM.The Home Microbiome Study tries to understand how the communities of microbes living in and on us colonise our rooms and buildings. Jack Gilbert of the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National… Read more Audio
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Chess controversy
12:15 PM.We speak to John Saunders, the Associate Editor of CHESS Magazine, about a controversy in world chess that could lead to champion Magnus Carlsen being stripped of his world title. Audio
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Fluttering Shearwater
1:45 PM.We head out with Hugh Roberston, searching for the fluttering shearwater. Read more Audio