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12:40 PM.Could very tight clothing improve your athletic performance? We unwrap the truth with David Cox, who's been investigating such claims for The Guardian. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Which tech issues are dominating the political agenda in the run-up to the election? Also Zello - the app that turns your smartphone into a walkie-talkie and will Christchurch's all-electric vehicle… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Tonny Brinkman is a 93-year-old sand fan who has donated her collection of thousands of different sands from all over the world to the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Curator Hugh Grenfell talks us… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:01 PM.The sand collector, hurricane helpline, compression clothing, sporting success at your fingertips, and why don't poisonous frogs poison themselves?! Audio

12:55 PM.Since it opened in 2010, 1 million people have flocked to Morgan's Wonderland, a $70 million ultra-accessible theme park in Texas targeted at people with disabilities. Read more Audio, Gallery

12:50 PM.Sepsis is a potentially life-threatening complication which happens when your body's attempts to fight off an infection go badly wrong. Now scientists have found that if you feed babies a particular… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.With an expanded digital curriculum for Year 1 to 10 students already in the works, online games and other digital resources will increasingly be used as teaching aids in the classroom. Which have the… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:30 PM.North American diplomats based in Cuba claim they and their families have been the victims of hidden sonic weapons. CBS Radio's Steve Dorsey was the first person to ask the US government for its… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Our nights are getting lit more brightly than ever before. But a growing body of research links high levels of artificial light with a host of health problems. Read more Audio

12:01 PM.Could brighter street lighting be harming our health? Hidden sonic weapons in Cuba, the educational value of (computer) games, stopping sepsis deaths using bacteria, and the world's first truly… Read more Audio

12:50 PM.This week, internet users' worries about 'fake news' are revealed in a new survey. Also Samsung tries to put its exploding battery woes behind it by launching another big smartphone, the Galaxy Note… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.What is vitamin C and why do we need it? Which foods have the most vitamin C? Should we pop pills when we think we're getting a cold, or are we just producing expensive urine? And can vit C really… Read more Video, Audio

12:01 PM.The science of Vitamin C, fake news, and Samsung's big new smartphone. Audio

12:50 PM.We're one step closer to understanding birds' amazing powers of navigation thanks to new research, and a DNA editing tool helps to identify the genes responsible for successful cancer therapy. Read more Audio

12:15 PM.We go beyond gaming to explore how VR works, what it's being used for (from treating a fear of spiders, to training young doctors) and ask if it's yet making any compelling case to be in every home. Read more Audio, Gallery

12:01 PM.The science of...Virtual Reality, bird navigation, and how goldfish survive in icy ponds over winter. Audio

12:50 PM.Carbon offsets are mainly sold to travellers as a way to offset the carbon associated with their journey But what actually happens with your money? George Block of consumer.org.nz weighs up NZ's… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.Could insurance policies offer a new way to protect nature? Mexico's just launched a plan to insure coral reefs at the popular tourism destination of Cancun. Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Simon Morton and Alison Ballance present a three-part series exploring the science of sweat, virtual reality and Vitamin C. This week, the function of a much-maligned bodily fluid that plays a vital… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:01 PM.The science of sweat, insuring nature against damage, and voluntary carbon offset schemes: (how) do they work? Read more Audio

12:55 PM.A study measures the huge impact artificial light is having on our pollinators, and the effect this is having on our crops and plant productivity. Read more Audio

12:45 PM.A genetic heart disorder has been fixed using gene editing in human embryos. We assess how this week's big science story could impact New Zealand. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.The ridesharing app UBER is struggling to make much of an impact in Asia; QR codes spur a cashless revolution in China; and why the field of asteroid mining is so attractive for investors today. Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Building inspectors can assess earthquake-affected buildings quickly and safely thanks to a new augmented reality headset. Read more Audio

12:01 PM.A headset measuring quake damage, rough ride for UBER, editing human life, and how artificial light is a pollination peril. Audio