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Throwing
12:15 PM.Neil Roach of The George Washington University has been studying the evolution of our ability to throw. Audio
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Mathletics
1:45 PM.How mathematical principles can unlock the secrets of running, jumping and swimming. With the author of 'Mathletics', John Barrow. Audio
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Running Evolution
1:35 PM.Evolutionary biologist Professor Daniel Lieberman says humans are unique in being able to run for long distances, and that this gives us a big advantage when it comes to hunting. Audio
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Family tech use
1:15 PM.Everyone's using the internet, PCs, laptops and handheld gadgets, so how can families keep tabs on how all this tech gets used in the home? With IT specialist Adrian Hayes of Security Assessment.com. Audio
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The football factory
12:35 PM.The private soccer academy where everyone wants to be a star. With director Nate Winkel and players Riley Kelliher, James Wypych and Cory Brown of the Olé Football Academy in Porirua. Audio
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Suing Big Food
12:15 PM.American lawyer Don Barrett's working on a legal team that's filed more than 30 lawsuits against some of the world's biggest food companies. They claim that 'Big Food' is lying to consumers by… Read more Audio
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Edible Geography
1:45 PM.Nicola Twilley of ediblegeography.com's just been to see one of the world's biggest yeast collections. Also the New York Public Library digitises thousands of old restaurant menus. Audio
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Tech news: Chrome and click-farming
1:35 PM.Charles Arthur beams in with the from the world of technology. This week, security concerns with Google's Chrome internet browser, and 'click-farming' in the digital sweatshops of Bangladesh. Audio
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Jamaica food
1:25 PM.Damien Cave of The New York Times has just been in Jamaica looking at the food crisis facing the country, and the government's unconventional solution. Audio
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Birds: Grey Warbler
1:10 PM.On the hunt for the grey warbler with Hugh Robertson. Audio
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Smart TVs
12:45 PM.Peter Griffin test drives the latest 'smart' TVs. They all connect to the internet, but that's where it starts getting tricky! Audio
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Sugar
12:15 PM.Dr Robert Lustig is a professor of paediatrics at the University of California who's been studying the effects of sugar on appetite and the human body. He reckons sugar is toxic and addictive and is… Read more Audio
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Koura
1:40 PM.Pieter Wilhelmus farms multi-coloured freshwater crayfish or koura in the Wairau Valley near Blenheim. Audio
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eBird.org
1:15 PM.Citizen science meets birdwatching and technology on the eBird website. It's a massive online database creating a giant global birdwatching community that updates in real time. With Marshall Iliff… Read more Audio
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GE oranges?
12:50 PM.Amy Harmon of the New York Times has been looking at the problems facing Florida orange growers and how these could be solved using genetic engineering. Audio
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Family history
12:30 PM.Brad Argent from ancestry.com.au is a speaker at the Family History Fair taking place in Auckland this weekend; so who do you think you are? Audio
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Mars mission
12:15 PM.It's almost a year since NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover touched down on the red planet. We ask Robin McKie, science and technology editor for The Observer, what we've learned. Audio
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Tech News
1:45 PM.Peter Griffin looks at the plan in the UK to filter the web for pornography and other adult content, how Twitter and television are merging plus CloudCode v2.0 is a code of practice for NZ cloud… Read more Audio
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Polish Pierogi
1:30 PM.We're making Polish dumplings, called pierogi. Most food cultures have a spin on the dumpling and these wee treats are delicious. Cooking pierogi with the Lepionka family Audio
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Population 10 Billion!
1:10 PM.10 billion is the number of people projected to be living on the planet by 2100. So are we heading towards a demographic crisis? Where will we all live, what will we eat and how much will it cost for… Read more Audio
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Naked Science
12:45 PM.Dr Chris Smith and this week how the moon affects how we sleep plus controlling blood clotting with a laser and a smart scalpel that can tell the difference between healthy cells and cancerous ones. Audio
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Spam
12:15 PM.Do you get spam? How modern day spammers are using social networks to harvest our personal data to make their requests so much more convincing, it's called 'spear phishing'. Finn Brunton has just… Read more Audio
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Time Warped
1:45 PM.As you get older, has time seemed to speed up? Claudia Hammond has spent a lot of time thinking about time - her new book is 'Time Warped unlocking the mysteries of time perception'. Audio
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Walk across America advice for a young man
1:10 PM.Andrew Forsthoefel set out at the age of 23 to walk across America, East to West, 6500 kilometres and wearing a sign that said, "Walking to Listen." Andrew didn't intend to make a radio story, he just… Read more Audio
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Project Loon
12:55 PM.Project Loon is Google's plan to provide internet access to the world from balloons that float around in the stratosphere, a bold idea and the concept was recently tested in Canterbury. Audio