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12:50 PM.Professional video game players could soon have player unions, as the industry goes global and revenues soar.  Read more Audio

12:40 PM.A German team has used gene therapy to grow replacement skin for a young boy with a rare genetic disorder, and concern carbon nanotubes used in boats, buildings, and sporting equipment could be as bad… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Gene drives offer a way to hack the traditional inheritance process to make sure a specific trait is passed on to the next generation. Could they be used to get us to Predator Free 2050? Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Tech commentator Peter Griffin delves into the Paradise Papers, the disappearance of US$300 million of the cryptocurrency Ether, and Google's new driverless taxis and mail accounts for under-13s. Read more Audio

12:01 PM.Tech tax revelations, gene drives for predator control, growing new skin, a health warning about carbon nanotubes, and do professional video gamers need a union? Audio

12:50 PM.'The Vaccine Race' is a history of our fight against viral diseases. In the book, journalist Meredith Wadman tells the story of a major breakthrough in cell biology that remains important to this… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.Alex Mariakakis is developing apps that will use smartphone cameras to provide a quick and early diagnosis of concussion, jaundice and even pancreatic cancer. Read more Audio, Gallery

12:25 PM.Sam Forbes is on a mission to get more New Zealanders eating real bread made from whole grains grown here in New Zealand. He shows us how to bake one of his best-sellers, fougasse; a tasty, oily… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:15 PM.The Photonic Fence is a laser fly swat that never misses the mark. Using powerful cameras, this hi-tech bug zapper scans for pests and by measuring their size, shape, speed and wing-beat frequency in… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:01 PM.Controlling insects using lasers, baking fougasse, disease diagnosis apps, and a history of vaccines. Audio

12:50 PM.Apple buys a New Zealand company that's developed an efficient way to move power around without wires, Amazon works on a way to deliver when you're not home and Facebook experiments with the display… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.An estimated 4000 people are killed by lightning worldwide every year. The good news is that 9 out of 10 people struck by lightning survive, but for many people their high voltage encounter changes… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:25 PM.Since it was first discovered 4 years ago, the gene editing technology CRISPR-Cas 9 has shown potential in its ability to remodel our DNA and correct genetic abnormalities associated with health… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Could filter cigarettes, touted and sold to us by the tobacco industry since the 1960s as a safer way to smoke, and still believed by many smokers to make their habit less dangerous, actually be… Read more Audio

12:01 PM.Do filters make smoking more deadly? Precision gene editing: a new approach, lightning strike survivors, and Facebook's feed furore. Audio

12:50 PM.Scientists have discovered memory in skin cells enables faster healing. But what are the dangers? Read more Audio

12:40 PM.Tech correspondent Peter Griffin looks at how the change in government will impact the local tech industry. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Simon Morton visits Mint Innovation, an Auckland company using bacteria to mine precious metals from your old electronic junk. Read more Video, Audio

12:10 PM.Washington Post's Nick Miroff has been writing about the opioid epidemic in the US, and the history of opiate dependency. We also look at the growing addiction problem in Australia and the clampdown… Read more Audio

12:50 PM.Wall Street Journal health reporter and anxiety sufferer Andrea Petersen weaves her personal story with the latest research in On Edge: A Journey Through Anxiety. Read more Audio

12:40 PM.An Italian scuba diver is planting crops in biospheres 10 metres beneath the waters of Liguria Read more Video, Audio

12:30 PM.The medical marijuana market is taking off across the US. But should your pet take pot? Read more Audio

12:20 PM.Tech correspondent Peter Griffin shares his experience of buying virtual coins, and he's got a few tips if you are considering investing in new cyber frontier. Read more Audio

12:15 PM.A bitcoin bubble is seeing Asian governments scrambling to regulate this new financial frontier. New York Times' Nathaniel Popper has been tracking the rise and fall of cryptocurrencies in Asia. Read more Audio