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Bitcoins
12:15 PM.Could bitcoins emerge as a cheap and global payment system? We see what you can buy with your bitcoins here in New Zealand. With Chris Mills of Kereru Brewing and Gwilym Griffith-Jones. Audio
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Tech news
1:45 PM.Peter Griffin beams in with the latest tech news. Google and Amazon want to try out delivery robots and drones as they battle to deliver our internet shopping in the future. Also why has Yahoo!Xtra… Read more Audio
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Red for danger
1:35 PM.Using the native pepper tree, the horopito, Ignatius Menzies of Victoria University and a team of international researchers have shown that insects prefer to eat green leaves rather than red ones. Audio
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Brainpickings.org
1:20 PM.Maria Popova's Brainpickings website, weekly emailer, and associated Twitter feed's a magnet for hundreds of thousands of people all over the world on the hunt for thought-provoking writing. Audio
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Frog Parking
1:10 PM.A homegrown solution to the pain of finding a parking spot. It relies on smart, solar-powered, sensor technology. With Don Sandbrook of Frog Parking Audio
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Naked Science
12:50 PM.Dr Chris Smith beams in with the latest science news; this week, a breakthough in male contraception, and a warning for football fans travelling to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Audio
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Pigeon racing
12:15 PM.Colin Jerolmack goes inside the world of pigeon racing and the South African Million Dollar Pigeon Race in his book "The Global Pigeon". Also, a man with a truck load of pigeons, literally! He's… Read more Audio
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StepJockey
1:50 PM.StepJockey rates staircases to show how many calories you burn when you take the stairs rather than the lift. Tests show that up to 29 percent more people take the stairs when they're labelled. With… Read more Audio
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Animal time perception
1:40 PM.Kevin Healy's studying how 34 different animals, including the tuatara, perceive time. Audio
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Artificial limbs
1:15 PM.Max lost his leg in a motorbike accident and he's about to have an artificial leg fitted. Plus the future of prosthetics with Professor Mark Miodownik, author of 'Stuff Matters'. Audio
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f.lux
12:50 PM.f.lux is a bit of software that subtly changes the colour of your computer, tablet and phone screen to help you sleep well. With Michael Herf of f.lux. Audio
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The Simpsons' mathematical secrets
12:40 PM.Simon Singh's new book 'The Simpsons and their mathematical secrets' explores the many maths connections to the famous family living in Springfield. Audio
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Airborne microbes
12:30 PM.The airborne invaders landing on our shores. Professor Steve Pointing is the director of the Institute for Applied Ecology at AUT. Audio
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Neurolaw
12:15 PM.Professor Nita Farahany of the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy has been studying the rise of "neurolaw" in US criminal cases. Audio
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Belly laughs
1:45 PM.Will Storr is a middle-aged man battling middle-age spread and shares his story with us. Audio
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Tech news
1:35 PM.Peter Griffin with tech news. Console wars and the results of the World Internet Project New Zealand. Audio
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Naked Science
1:25 PM.Naked Science with Dr Chris Smith. The origin of the first dogs and a surface that repels water as effectively as butterfly wings and nasturtiums! Audio
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Birds: Starlings
1:10 PM.Hugh Robertson spots the starling. Audio
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Italy news
12:50 PM.Tom Kington lives in Italy where the local chestnut industry is in trouble, and where birds are caking Romans and their cars and buildings with their droppings. Audio
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Pathomap
12:40 PM.Pathomap is a microbial census taking thousands of swabs all over New York City and its public places. Christopher Mason of the Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University is leading the… Read more Audio
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Future of Antibiotics
12:15 PM.Antibiotics have saved millions of lives but increasingly they just aren't working. So how will we find new ways to fight the infections in the future? With Dr Peter Fineran of The University of Otago… Read more Audio
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livesofthefirstworldwar.org
1:45 PM.Luke Smith of the Imperial War Museum in London is looking for New Zealand stories in a massive digital project to commemorate the centenary of the First World War. Audio
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Tony Juniper
1:15 PM.In his book "What Has Nature Ever Done For Us?" environmentalist Tony Juniper wants to value everything nature does for us in dollars and cents. Audio
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Chess champs
12:50 PM.We're four games into the World Chess Championships in Chennai in India. Watching the action is John Saunders, the Associate Editor of Chess magazine. Audio
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Burglars and buildings
12:35 PM.How criminals use buildings and architecture to their advantage. Geoff Manaugh's writing 'The Burglar's Guide to The City'. Audio