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Counting kiwis
12:30 PM.We head into the bush to count brown kiwis, using remote digital recorders to measure how well a new kiwi population is doing in the Rimutaka Forest Park. With Ed Abraham from Dragonfly Science, Susan… Read more Audio
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The Granny Cloud
12:15 PM.Hundreds of English grannies (and grandads!) are helping Indian children learn via Skype. The idea's the brainchild of Professor Sugata Mitra. Audio
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Naked Science
1:55 PM.The Naked Scientist aka Dr Chris Smith beams in with the latest from the world of science. This week, the carnivorous plants and ants that work together to devour their prey. Also radio-controlled… Read more Audio
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Choux pastry
1:30 PM.We make choux pastry with chef Julie Clark. Audio
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Free air travel
1:15 PM.Ken Bensinger of the Los Angeles Times with a great story of when frequent flyer programmes go wrong. How American Airlines is trying to back out of a deal it offered 30 years ago: US$350,000 for a… Read more Audio
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Tuna scrape
12:55 PM.Sushi has gone mainstream, and the supply of raw tuna into the US has expanded beyond traditional cuts to a new product called scrape. Now tuna scrape is at the centre of the latest health scare to… Read more Audio
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Tech news
12:40 PM.Peter Griffin with the latest tech news. A new ISP called FYX offers a 'global mode' internet service. Plus Facebook launches its app centre and the Australian government considers snooping on… Read more Audio
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Kiwi tracking
12:15 PM.Using the latest digital technology to track kiwis and see what the bird has been up to, from snoozing to snacking. With Helen Taylor from Victoria University. Audio
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Catchy film lines
1:55 PM.What makes a good film line? Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil from Cornell University has developed a computer program that can tell why some lines work better than others. Audio
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Birds: Kiwis
1:35 PM.We head into the bush with Hugh Robertson to track down a Little Spotted Kiwi. Audio
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Sounds tasty
1:15 PM.The neglected link between sound and our sense of taste with experimental psychologist Professor Charles Spence. Audio
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Tech news
12:50 PM.The Guardian's technology editor, Charles Arthur, beams in with the latest on Google's wifi data gathering, and the continued rise of smartphone sales and who's leading the pack. Audio
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Robotic Fish
12:35 PM.Fish with chips. We speak to Maurizio Porfiri from the Polytechnic Institute of New York University about the robotic fish leading schools of fish away from ecological disasters and maybe one day… Read more Audio
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The Unprinter
12:25 PM.It's called the 'un-printer' and it does exactly that, vaporising ink on paper to turn it back into sparkling clean sheets to reuse in your printer. Dr. Julian Allwood's a senior lecturer at… Read more Audio
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Music and running
12:15 PM.Can listening to music while running make you go faster? Sports psychologist Dr Costas Karageorghis of Brunel University pumps up the volume! Audio
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Naked Science
1:50 PM.Dr Chris Smith on how pigeons use magnetic fields to navigate, and a way to turn scarred heart tissue back into fully functional, blood-pumping muscle. Audio
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Cheese: Halloumi
1:15 PM.We're making fresh tasty halloumi. Cheese-maker Wendy Adams shows us how. Audio
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Middle age: A Natural History
12:30 PM.With the mid-life crisis, the middle age spread and the menopause, middle age doesn't sound like too much fun. Writer David Bainbridge's a lot more upbeat! Audio
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Macau, world's gambling capital
12:15 PM.How does this Chinese territory, the only place in China where it's legal to gamble, turn over 5-times more cash than Las Vegas? Evan Osnos of The New Yorker has just got back from visiting Macau. Audio
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Beijing Bikes
1:50 PM.Beijing and bicycles used to go together like Venice and the gondola. But consumerism and urban sprawl has seen the number of people cycling plummet to record lows. Dr. Jinhua Zhao is studying the… Read more Audio
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Eyetracking
1:35 PM.Tracking eyeballs and other facial gestures gives powerful insights into what you're thinking when you're staring at a screen. John Villasenor is a professor of electrical engineering at UCLA. Audio
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Eels
1:15 PM.Eels make an amazing journey from their spawning grounds in the Pacific to the rivers and lakes of New Zealand. With Rachel Taulelei. Audio
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Broadband plans
12:45 PM.Peter Griffin our technology correspondent is here with news that the first offender has been three-striked for downloading copyrighted material from the internet. Also why are our broadband plans… Read more Audio
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The Science of Yoga
12:15 PM.From bikram to iyengar, can yoga really help you to lose weight, get fit and relax? We speak to award-winning science journalist William Broad. Audio
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Italian mega-tunnel
1:55 PM.The tunnel project that aims to connect the French city of Lyon with Turin. John Hooper is based in Italy. Audio