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Toasters
12:50 PM.A listener's questions about toasters and toasting. Why is it so darn hard to get some breads to toast properly, and how long should your toaster last? We're testing toasters with Bill Whitley of… Read more Audio
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Rice Cooking
12:15 PM.We're cooking basmati rice four different ways- rapid boil, absorption, in a rice cooker and the microwave- to find out which tastes best. With Julie Clark of Floridita's. Audio
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Tech news
1:50 PM.Tech news with Charles Arthur of The Guardian. This week, 3D-printing handguns and measuring news in tweets per minute! Audio
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Oslo heating
1:35 PM.About half of the buildings in the Norwegian capital Oslo, and most of its schools, are heated by burning rubbish. John Tagliabue of The New York Times has been in Oslo looking at its waste-to-energy… Read more Audio
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Basmati rice
1:15 PM.Dr Graeme MacRae of Massey University has just got back from Nepal and India where he's been studying the origins and culture of basmati rice. Audio
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Lego school
12:50 PM.Helen Russell has visited Billund in Denmark, the home of Lego, where the giant toy company has started building schools. Audio
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Surf clams
12:25 PM.We get our toes wet in Marlborough as we harvest surf clams with Ant Piper of Cloudy Bay Clams. Audio
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Smoking fish
12:15 PM.Is the smoked fish you buy in the supermarket really smoked or just painted with smoke flavouring? With food technologist Torben Sorensen. Audio
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Tech News
1:45 PM.Tech correspondent Peter Griffin with news of the arrival of the international online review service Yelp in New Zealand. Also a slightly sinister search engine called Shodan lets you search for… Read more Audio
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Salt, Sugar, Fat
1:15 PM.Investigative journalist Michael Moss has just written 'Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us'. Audio
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Naked Science
12:50 PM.Dr Chris Smith with the latest on the H7N9 bird flu outbreak in China. Plus a timely paper in 'Nature' on a drug that blocks flu infections, and how honey helps bees stay healthy and cope with… Read more Audio
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UK News
12:35 PM.Chris Parkin in the UK, where cosmetic surgery cases have tripled over the past 5 years and now there's calls for greater regulation. Also the London primary school using mud huts in the playground to… Read more Audio
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Making Salt
12:15 PM.We're making 'solar salt' at Lake Grassmere in Marlborough, turning seawater into table salt with a little help from the wind and the sun. With Dominion Salt's site manager Gavin Williams, brineman… Read more Audio
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Digital camouflage
1:55 PM.Adam Harvey is designing urban camouflage to protect you from surveillance in the digital age. Audio
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Tech news
1:40 PM.Charles Arthur beams in with the latest from the world of technology. Audio
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Birds: kaka
1:30 PM.Birdman Hugh Robertson is on the trail of the kaka, one of New Zealand's three species of parrot. Audio
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Naked Science
1:15 PM.Naked Scientist Dr Chris Smith on patenting genes, and a new technique to help you remember stuff. Audio
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Endangered lice
12:50 PM.With body hair removal all the rage, the poor pubic louse has nowhere to live! Professor Basil Donovan of The Kirby Institute at the University of New South Wales is seeing a huge decline in the… Read more Audio
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US cold chain
12:30 PM.We chill out with Nicola Twilley of the Edible Geography blog. She's about to open a new exhibition in Los Angeles called 'The Artificial Cryosphere: A Guide to America's Cold Chain'. Audio
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Smart homes
1:50 PM.Dr Marilyn McGee-Lennon of The University of Glasgow is designing smart homes filled with smart devices that could revolutionise caring for the elderly. Audio
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Figs
1:30 PM.Gary Burns loves figs and grows them near Blenheim. Audio
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India news
1:15 PM.We head to India where rampaging elephants threaten voters in some upcoming local elections. Also, fighting poaching with drones, and how India's become the pharmacy for the developing world. Anu… Read more Audio
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Technology time
12:50 PM.Technology correspondent Peter Griffin on Google's glasses. Also, new laws that mean the big telcos will be forced to intercept phone calls and emails to help the police and other law enforcement… Read more Audio
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Bike library
12:30 PM.Alex Revell drops in on a library with a difference. He visits the school-based bicycle library in Lower Hutt that lends out bikes not books. Audio