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BodyWave
1:45 PM.Peter Freer's the inventor of the BodyWave, a device about the size of an MP3 player that sits on your skin and can measure your brain activity. He reckons it can help people reach peak performance in… Read more Audio
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Penny-farthing rider David Wilson
1:25 PM.David Wilson's trying to become the first person to cycle from Stewart Island to Cape Reinga....on a penny farthing and dressed from head to toe in Victorian costume! Audio
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UK news: dummies vs models
1:15 PM.We're off to the UK where fashion models wearing a well-known brand of clothing have been found to be dummies! And plans to conquer London's pollution problems using a sticky road surface. Chris… Read more Audio
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2011 tech highlights and 2012 predictions
12:45 PM.Some of the technology highlights of last year and a gaze forward into 2012 with our regular tech head Peter Griffin. Audio
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Birds: oystercatcher
12:30 PM.We're on the hunt for the oystercatcher with bird expert Hugh Robertson. It's a cheeky shorebird that pretends to be injured just to lead you away from its nest! Audio
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Christmas cakes
12:15 PM.They're full of spice with loads of white ice. Helen Leach has studied the history and evolution of the Christmas cake in New Zealand. Read more Audio
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Naked Science
1:50 PM.The latest science news with Dr Chris Smith of the Naked Scientists. This week, a computer program that detects when photos have been photoshopped, airbrushed or otherwise manipulated. Plus a new… Read more Audio
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Pippin Barr
1:30 PM.We're playing video games with Pippin Barr. Pippin's a New Zealander who lectures at the University of Copenhagen's Center for Computer Game Research. He's just written a book called 'How to Play a… Read more Audio
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Home Brewing 8: taste test
1:10 PM.It's taste test time in our homebrewing series. Our two home brewed versions of an Australian Pale Ale go head-to-head with a store-bought version with a proper label! With Stu McKinlay of Yeastie… Read more Audio
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Cognitive chewing
12:55 PM.Neuroscience writer Jonah Lehrer on the cognitive benefits of chewing gum. Audio
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DNA barcoding
12:40 PM.The International Barcode of Life aims to create a massive DNA database, meaning consumers of the future will be able to tell exactly where their food and even their garden furniture comes from. We're… Read more Audio
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Honey fraud
12:15 PM.A recent US study showed that three-quarters of the honeys sampled had been ultra-filtered. Andrew Schneider of Food Safety News reports on what this means for consumers. So is honey being… Read more Audio
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Medical gadgets
1:50 PM.Aaron Rowe of Wired has been to the TEDMED conference to see the latest medical devices, many of them designed with the home consumer in mind. Audio
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Home brewing appliance
1:35 PM.If James Bond drank homebrew beer and not martinis he'd probably fancy a domestic brewing appliance. Ian Williams of Williams Warn has a hi-tech model costing about $6,000. Audio
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Moby Duck
1:10 PM.It's the true story of 28,800 bathtoys lost at sea nearly 20 years ago and of the beachcombers, oceanographers, environmentalists and fools (and author Donovan Hohn includes himself in that category)… Read more Audio
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Mouthwatering food?
12:50 PM.The science of saliva. Can food really be mouthwatering? Well, not so much, according to new research done by a team including Dr Guy Carpenter of King's College London's Dental Institute. Audio
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Hearing questions
12:35 PM.We answer your questions about what to do with old hearing aids, hearing aid batteries and tinnitus with Janet Houghton, the President of the NZ Audiological Society, and Karen Allen who's an… Read more Audio
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Flour power
12:15 PM.If a recipe needs self-raising flour can you just add standard flour with baking powder added instead? We look at flours with Julie Clark of Floriditas. Audio
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Naked Science
1:50 PM.The latest science news from Dr Chris Smith of the Naked Scientists. Audio
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Kaimoana: Scallops
1:35 PM.Shucking scallops with Rachel Taulelei. Audio
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Insect eating and Yuck!
1:10 PM.San Francisco's positioning itself as the insect-eating capital of the US. Peter Jamison of the San Francisco Weekly reports. Also why do some of us find the idea of eating insects so disgusting… Read more Audio
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Home Brewing 7: bottling the brew
12:35 PM.The bubbling's stopped and we're bottling our fermented homebrew with Yeastie Boy Stu McKinlay. Audio
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Virtual Private Networks
12:15 PM.Some people are paying to get their hands on the latest TV and film using a virtual private network to make it look like they're living in the US or the UK. So how do VPNs work and is using one legal… Read more Audio
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Medicated contact lenses
1:50 PM.Dr Mark Byrne of Auburn University is part of a team that reckons it's cracked the secret of a medicated contact lens. No more eyedrops running down your face; these lenses slowly release a controlled… Read more Audio
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Home Brewing 6: the big mash up
1:15 PM.Yeastie Boy Stu McKinlay mashes up his all-grain Australian Pale Ale from scratch over 6 hours to compete with our 20L kitset in a bucket. Audio