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Dementia village
12:15 PM.A radical new way to care for dementia suffers is being trialled in the Netherlands. Jon Henley of The Guardian has just visited the care home on the outskirts of Amsterdam. Audio
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Naked Science
1:50 PM.Dr Chris Smith beams in with the latest science news. This week, gait expectations- why some horses are better at pacing or dressage than others? Also, why do older father pass on lots more genetic… Read more Audio
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TB team
1:40 PM.Joshua Leibstein is part of a team from the University of Johannesburg that's developed a way to detect tuberculosis using digital technology. Audio
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The Soup Hub
1:25 PM.The Soup Hub's like a soup kitchen ladling out free access to computers and the internet for the homeless and the needy. With founder Sibylle Schwarz, volunteers Gaelyn Douglas and Don O'Neill, and… Read more Audio
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Open Source
1:15 PM.Sam Muirhead's a New Zealander living in Berlin who's living an open source life for a year. This week he's making open source undies, drinking open source beer, while trying to surf the open source… Read more Audio
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India media block
12:50 PM.Anu Anand lives in India where the government has blocked web sites, told Google and Facebook to delete content, threatened to sue Twitter and limited the number of texts anyone can send. Audio
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Tech news
12:35 PM.Peter Griffin with the latest news on the ultrafast broadband network. Also, is Kim Dotcom about to launch Megaupload 2? And has your anti-virus software killed your computer with a dodgy update? Audio
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Lance Armstrong
12:15 PM.According to ex-pro cyclist Paul Kimmage, 86 percent of Tour de France winners over the past 40 years have been implicated in doping! He looks at the Lance Armstrong case and what's going to happen… Read more Audio
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Viral Peace
1:50 PM.The US state department is training trolls (the ones with laptops not the ones who live under bridges and like eating goats!) to combat terrorism. Shahed Amunallah has set up Viral Peace and works for… Read more Audio
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US dance music scene
1:35 PM.We look at the EDM (Electronic Dance Music) scene in the US with music writer and critic Simon Reynolds. Audio
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Dare
1:25 PM.Using cheap off-the-shelf technology to protect dementia sufferers' memories. We speak to Nur Nadiah Binte Zailani and the team behind DARE- or the Dementia Assistance and Recall Engine. Audio
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NBA shirt sponsorship
1:15 PM.Basketball's about to become the first major US sport to give advertisers the right to put their logos on playing shirts. We speak to Paul Swangard, who's a sports marketing specialist at The… Read more Audio
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Tech news
12:45 PM.Charles Arthur beams in with the latest tech news. This week, the jury decides the Apple v Samsung court case in the US. Plus Twitter gets twitchy and stops third parties from accessing its database. Audio
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Roadkill science
12:30 PM.According to Mark Rober, 6 percent of drivers will intentionally swerve to hit a small animal on the road. Also Bob Brockie is New Zealand's foremost roadkill observer. Audio
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Bee genetics
12:15 PM.Peter Dearden of Otago University is trying to save the honeybee in New Zealand using selective breeding and genetics. Audio
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Stethocloud
1:50 PM.Hon Weng Chong and before that Andrew Lin from Stethocloud are young Aussie inventors using smartphone technology to diagnose pneumonia. Audio
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Browning onions
1:35 PM.Many recipes say you can caramelise onions in about 10 minutes. But can you really?! We put the claims to the test with chef and restaurateur Julie Clark. Audio
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Naked Science
1:20 PM.Dr Chris Smith beams in with more naked science. This week, using DNA to store data, and a revolutionary way to rebuild the retina. Audio
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Lightning
1:10 PM.A user's guide to lightning. So what causes lightning and what should you do when you get caught in a thunderstorm? With Metservice extreme weather forecaster Erick Brenstrum. Audio
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Tech news
12:45 PM.Tech correspondent Peter Griffin on how Google's search results are getting tweaked to punish alleged copyright infringers. Plus the new wave of social networks; could paid-for or invite-only social… Read more Audio
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Hero rats
12:30 PM.Bart Weetjens of APOPO is training giant rats in Africa to sniff out landmines. Audio
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Bikini Ban
12:15 PM.Bikinis have been banned from the upcoming Miss Italy competition. Also the smell of cash is being used to catch people smuggling money over the border. Tom Kington lives in Italy and writes for The… Read more Audio
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Team Greeni
1:50 PM.Alexander Grainger is on a team of young Canadian inventors using off the shelf gaming technology to make buildings more energy efficient. Audio
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Behind the scenes at the internet
1:15 PM.It's hard to imagine the internet as a physical place...it exists as a sort of abstract notion, at least until your internet connection stops working! That's what happened to Andrew Blum who had to… Read more Audio
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Bedbug DNA
12:50 PM.Bedbug numbers are on the the rise worldwide and infestations can costs businesses millions of dollars, with hotels and pest controllers fighting costly legal cases. Toby Fountain is using genetic… Read more Audio