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12:55 PM.Dr Chris Smith has the latest on pesticides in honey and growing kidney diseases in a dish to develop new treatments. Read more Audio

12:40 PM.Heart disease is the biggest killer of women in NZ. Could part of the problem be that a woman's symptoms can be very different to a man's, and lots of heart attacks are missed and wrongly diagnosed? Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Peter Griffin has tips on boosting your wifi signal throughout the home – no more dead spots and laggy connections in the loo! Read more Audio

12:20 PM.A US company has developed a pacemaker-like device to treat rheumatoid arthritis, as well as Crohn's disease, by hacking the nervous system with an electrical charge. Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Stick vacuums are lightweight, super handy and can suck your wallet dry. So do they work and which models get the Consumer tick of approval? George Block has been testing a range of cordless stick… Read more Audio

12:01 PM.Hacking the human nervous system with electroceuticals, why sex and gender matters in medical diagnosis, and how to get a longer stronger signal. Plus we review stick vacuums - which ones suck? Audio

12:55 PM.Nearly 300 species of fish and invertebrates have crossed the Pacific Ocean on floating debris since the 2011 earthquake. Read more Audio

12:45 PM.The fight against antibiotic resistance is a fight against evolution, and sadly it's not a war we're ever going to win. Our approach so far has been to kill the bad bugs, waging a war on pathogens… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Over the past decade water quality and the health of our streams, lakes and rivers has become a major deal for many New Zealanders, and as the recent election campaign showed it's become a political… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.The world is getting sweeter, as rising CO2 levels change not only our climate but our plants. Key crops like rice, wheat, barley and potatoes now contain more sugars and less protein than ever… Read more Audio

12:01 PM.How rising carbon dioxide levels are changing our crops. Plus sensing water quality, learning to live with bad bugs, and how the 2011 Japanese tsunami spread 300+ species! Audio

12:50 PM.Gene therapy could potentially stop the progression of MS or multiple sclerosis; and a new study shows that a decent-sized eel can deliver an electric shock ten times more powerful than a TASER. Read more Audio

12:45 PM.The average kitchen sponge harbours more than 300 species of bacteria in concentrations as high as human faeces, a German study has found. But rigorously cleaning it isn't the answer – that seems to… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.George Block from consumer.org.nz has been reviewing shower domes – the plastic shower covers designed to keep the moisture inside your shower and your bathroom dry. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Thousands of resourceful Venezuelans have started mining the cryptocurrency Bitcoin to survive the economic crisis facing the country. Rene Chun covered the story for The Atlantic. Read more Audio

12:15 PM.An American startup is charging US$8,000 for a transfusion of blood from a donor under 25. The company's founder and a biology of ageing specialist talk about the potential effects. Read more Audio

12:01 PM.Can a transfusion of young blood stop ageing? Venezuela's Bitcoin miners, shower domes, dirty dish cloths and a potential gene therapy for MS. Audio

12:50 PM.Tech journalist Brian Merchant reflects on the first decade of the iPhone – how it's not only changed our lives, but revolutionised the way digital devices are marketed and sold – in his book The One… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.It's time to farewell Cassini, the unmanned spacecraft that revealed so much about Saturn and her moons.Plus scientists discover another possible explanation for antibiotic resistance. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.It's a mini AI-powered hothouse where UV light exposure can be carefully controlled to produce nutritious crops that taste great. Risto Mikkulainen is one of those responsible for designing the AI… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:15 PM.With an estimated 4 million daily practitioners worldwide and an emphasis on the power of shared experience and community, CrossFit shows many of the characteristics of an emerging modern religion, a… Read more Audio

12:01 PM.CrossFit: a new religion? The Food Computer, adios Cassini and the secret history of the iPhone. Audio

12:55 PM.Dr Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists brings us the latest from the world of science news and research.This week the global pharmaceutical giant Novartis has just got USFDA approval for a new class… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.That's the thrust of some intriguing research looking into the relative lengths of your ring finger and your index finger... the second, pointy one. Read more Audio