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Barcelona tourism woes
1:35 PM.Ashifa Kassam lives and works in Spain, and Barcelona is struggling to adjust to life as a global tourism mecca. Audio
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NASA chief scientist
1:10 PM.Dr. Ellen Stofan is the chief scientist at NASA. We speak to her about the prospects of life on Mars, and what it is about studying space that gets her most excited. Audio
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Tech news
12:45 PM.Peter Griffin with news that anyone, anywhere in the world can be tracked, minute-by-minute via a huge global cellphone database. Plus why has Amazon bought the videogaming streaming platform Twitch… Read more Audio
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Look good feel better
12:15 PM.Look Good Feel Better is a free service, supported by the cosmetics industry, that helps cancer patients look good during and after their treatment. We pop into a local workshop to meet Leigh Renai… Read more Audio
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Buzzfeed
1:50 PM.The social news website BuzzFeed is growing by 75 percent a year and has 150 million monthly users! Rupert Neate of The Guardian has been examining the BuzzFeed phenomenon. Audio
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Naked science
1:35 PM.The latest science news with Dr Chris Smith. This week, the roots of cystic fibrosis, and the discovery of a 'sleep switch' that could help explain why we sleep less soundly when we get older. Audio
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Drunken monkey
1:20 PM.Could some humans fondness for alcohol have an evolutionary basis? Professor Robert Dudley is the author of 'The Drunken Monkey: Why we drink and abuse alcohol'. Audio
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Undersea sounds
1:10 PM.It's not just whales and dolphins using whistles, clicks and other sounds to communicate underwater. Craig Radford of the University of Auckland is studying undersea sounds, and has found a local fish… Read more Audio
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Allergic responses
12:50 PM.Lisa Connor is part of a team at the Malaghan Institute hoping to unravel the mysteries of allergies, with the aim of developing an 'off' switch for the allergic response. Audio
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Uncontacted Amazon tribes
12:40 PM.Jonathan Watts lives in Brazil where members of one of the world's most isolated tribes are emerging from the Amazon rainforest. Audio
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Tech news
12:20 PM.Peter Griffin on plans to make EFTPOS an online payment system. Also Twitter's struggles to restrict circulation of the video purportedly showing the execution of the American journalist, James Foley.
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Luminous chicken
12:15 PM.We try to solve a great culinary mystery involving a stir fry, a cat and some chicken leftovers!With food technologist Torben Sorensen of Sorensen Laboratories. Audio
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The Story of the Human Body
1:40 PM.In 'The Story of the Human Body' Harvard evolutionary biologist Daniel Lieberman writes a book about how the human body has evolved over millions of years. Audio
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History of sex dolls
1:30 PM.The long and not-so-illustrious history of the love companion doll, from inflatables to today's high tech consumer products. Julie Beck is a senior associate editor at The Atlantic who's written on… Read more Audio
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Sudoku world champs
1:25 PM.Competitors from 34 different countries have been taking part in the world sudoku champs in England this week. Hannah Ellis-Petersen of The Guardian has been there. Audio
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Better bumblebee nests
1:15 PM.New Zealand's leading the world in designing more appealing nests for queen bumblebees. Dr David Pattemore is a pollination scientist at Plant & Food Research. Audio
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Dirty Politics and Facebook messaging
12:45 PM.Facebook's annoying users with intrusive requests to sign up for its messaging app. Also the tech fallout and cybersecurity implications of Nicky Hager's new book 'Dirty Politics'. With Peter Griffin.
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The value of trees
12:25 PM.What are trees worth to you? Dr Margaret Stanley, Alison Greenaway and Robyn Simcock are part of a team trying to understand what value people put on trees in New Zealand's largest city. Audio
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Stroke rehab
12:15 PM.Stroke rehabilitation technology that uses an adapted video games console to restore and improve movement. With Fiona and Colin Weston and Elliott Kernohan, the CEO of Im-Able. Audio
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EcoBricks
1:50 PM.The EcoBrick is a no-cost building material made by packing plastic bags into plastic bottles. Jo Stodgel's a fan! Audio
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Plastic surgery survey
1:40 PM.Data journalist George Arnett of The Guardian's been crunching the numbers on a global survey of the plastic surgery industry. Audio
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Counterfeit caviar
1:15 PM.Michelle Nijhuis has written about the murky world of caviar smugglers, poachers and counterfeiters for Medium and The Food & Environment Reporting Network. Audio
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Cuckoo update
1:15 PM.Dr Michael Anderson of Massey University with the latest on his shining cuckoo survey. And there's been a few early arrivals! Audio
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Naked Science - Live!
12:15 PM.A special live event showcasing New Zealand's best science and technology. Presented before an audience at AUT University in Auckland with Dr Chris Smith of BBC Radio 5 Live's Naked Scientists show. Audio
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Cybercrime discussion
1:15 PM.A special show looking at what cybercrime is, who's affected, and what you can do to stay safe online. With Paul Ash, Maarten Kleintjes, Lee Chisholm and Adam Boileau. Audio