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Naked Science
1:45 PM.Dr Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists has 3 discoveries with a medical theme. Audio
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China: cooking oil scandal and million dollar sheep
1:30 PM.China correspondent Malcolm Moore on the latest food scandal. One in 10 restaurants in China are reportedly using cooking oil recycled from the sewers! Audio
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Tech news: iCloud and Blackberry crumble
1:10 PM.The latest from the world of technology with correspondent Peter Griffin. This week the launch of Apple's cloud computing service called iCloud. Plus Blackberry's crumble- why did the Blackberry… Read more Audio
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Home Brewing 2: kitting up
12:45 PM.Homebrewer turned commercial brewer Stu McKinlay of Yeastie Boys checks out our starter kit before we lay down a brew. Audio
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Perfect Kilo
12:15 PM.The official kilogram weight - a lump of metal carefully stored under a bell jar in a Parisian vault - is getting lighter. So scientists are working on new ways to define it. Jonathon Keats has… Read more Audio
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Crowd counting
1:45 PM.Accurately estimating the number of people in a crowd is a tricky but important task for all sorts of reasons; for safety, for policing, even for the media who want to report the numbers right. Curt… Read more Audio
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Birds: Pukeko
1:30 PM.Bird buff Hugh Robertson on the pukeko. Audio
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Luna Ring
1:15 PM.Patrick Tucker's visited Japan to speak to the people behind an ambitious plan to harvest solar power on the moon and beam this back down to earth. Audio
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Antibiotic issues
12:50 PM.Dr Martin Blaser from New York University reckons the friendly flora living in and on our bodies never recover fully from antibiotic treatments. He says this is creating all sorts of other health… Read more Audio
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Litre of light
12:30 PM.Illac Diaz is working on a project to bring free light to 15,000 homes in the Philippines. It uses no electricity, and all you need is water, some bleach and an old soda bottle! Audio
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Hearing aid choices
12:15 PM.In-ear, behind-the-ear, or open fitting? We're shopping for hearing aids with audiologist Karen Allen of Bay Audiology. Audio
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Smoking and appetite
1:55 PM.Professor Marina R. Picciotto of Yale University is leading research into how smoking affects appetite and why, on average, smokers weigh 2.5kg less than non-smokers. Audio
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Container history (and container love!)
1:35 PM.A New Zealand history of the shipping container with Gavin McLean. Plus Christine Reitze of Container Love in Christchurch is trying to make the ugly metal boxes dotted round the city look more… Read more Audio
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Annoying
1:15 PM.The science of what bugs us. Joe Palca's just written a book called 'Annoying' with Flora Lichtmann. Audio
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Detecting fake reviews
12:50 PM.Rating and review websites are all over the internet these days. You can rate everything from your local cafe to a childcare centre but how can you tell if the review is real or just someone else's… Read more Audio
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Naked Science
12:30 PM.The latest science news with Dr Chris Smith of the Naked Scientists. This week, using Twitter to map the mood of the world, and the ultimate slippery surface that could be used to fight graffiti. Audio
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Home Brewing 1
12:15 PM.Can you make your own craft beer at home for a fraction of the cost of the stuff in shops and bars? That's the challenge, as we kick off a new homebrewing series with Stu McKinlay of Yeastie Boys. Audio
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LED internet
1:45 PM.Harald Haas from the University of Edinburgh is developing an alternative to wifi that uses LED lights rather than radio waves to carry data. Audio
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Global history of whisky
1:25 PM.Kevin Kosar's written a global history of whisky drinking and its production. Audio
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Poisoned rhino horn
1:15 PM.Lorinda Hern's trialling a novel way to stop rhino poachers in South Africa. Audio
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Marae hearing clinic
12:40 PM.We drop into a mobile hearing clinic at Wainuiomata Marae. With hearing therapist Susan Lennie, Barney Ransfield and William Henare-Tekooti. Audio
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Copyright Act latest
12:25 PM.Tech correspondent Peter Griffin with the latest on the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Act which came into force on 1st September. So what's the new act doing to international internet… Read more Audio
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Beehive fences
12:15 PM.Dr Lucy King is setting up a network of beehive fences to protect Kenyan farmers and their crops from hungry elephants. Audio
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UK consumer news
1:50 PM.And before we go we're off to the UK with Chris Parkin where the mini skinless kiwifruit is hitting supermarket shelves, and used nappies are being used as roofing material. Audio
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Naked science: overconfidence and fatherhood
1:40 PM.Naked Science with Dr Chris Smith. This week, overconfidence and how fatherhood, and specifically caring for children, can make testosterone levels fall. Audio