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Question Box
1:35 PM.Bringing the power of the internet search engine to people without access to computers. We're speaking to Question Box's founder Rose Shuman. Audio
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Tech news: Facebook, smartphones
1:25 PM.Paul Brislen, our tech correspondent, on: a decline in the number of Facebook users in the US and the UK; BBC's media player the iPlayer goes global and; Iceland's using a wiki to encourage its… Read more Audio
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UK news
1:10 PM.London cabbies are worrying about the state of the traffic more than a year out from the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics. Plus the Incredible Case of the Shrinking Shopping Trolley; loads… Read more Audio
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Electric car sounds
12:50 PM.The electric car is on its way, but will you hear it coming? They're so quiet that for safety reasons the auto industry has to give them artificial noises. Professor Paul Jennings of Warwick… Read more Audio
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Cyber security
12:30 PM.Every week it seems there's another high profile organisation getting attacked by renegade groups with names like Anonymous or Lulzsec. So what's going on? Are there more hacker attacks or are they… Read more Audio
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Salty shake-up
12:15 PM.It's an ingredient every kitchen has... we're shaking it down with salt. Julie Clark of Floriditas on the difference between rock, flaky and table salts. Audio
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Vertical streets
1:50 PM.The hanging gardens of...Melbourne? A new 35-storey apartment block is about to go up with big gardens on every sixth floor with 10 metre tall trees, lawns and maybe even a few veggie plots! Robert… Read more Audio
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Digital remembrance
1:40 PM.David Quiring of Quiring Monuments in Seattle is a funeral director using QR codes to offer his clients a new way to remember their loved ones. Audio
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Hackers
1:30 PM.One in four hackers in America is working for the FBI! That's according to an investigation by Ed Pilkington of the Guardian Newspaper. Audio
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Foraging: fuchsias
1:15 PM.We're foraging for fuchsias with Johanna Knox. The flowers are OK but the berries are really tasty! Audio
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The Sandwich - a global history
12:40 PM.Bee Wilson's a food historian who's just written 'Sandwich: A Global History'. Audio
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Fish fraud
12:25 PM.Beth Lowell of Oceana. It's a not-for-profit ocean advocacy group that's just published a report suggesting that up to 70 percent of some fish species sold in US restaurants and supermarkets have been… Read more Audio
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China: Gold farming and smoking ban
12:15 PM.Malcolm Moore in China where there's a smoking ban but no real penalties. So as you can imagine it's not really working! Plus prisoners are being made to play computer games. Audio
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Video game ratings
1:40 PM.How video games get an age rating. You can play them for weeks without progressing through every level of the game. So how can the censors be sure they've seen all the potentially dodgy stuff? With… Read more Audio
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Food questions: Chocolate
1:20 PM.Two chocolate-related questions; why adding water to melted chocolate makes it seize up. And what's that whiteish residue that's on some chocolate when you open it? With food scientist Torben… Read more Audio
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Tech news: cellphone study and Google Wallet
1:10 PM.Peter Griffin on Google's plans to relieve you of your wallet. Plus a new study on the potential dangers of cellphone use comes out with some pretty ambiguous findings. Audio
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Speech analysis
12:50 PM.With US pro sports being a multi-billion dollar business, teams don't want to make a bad call and select the wrong young player. Now Roger Hall of Achievement Metrics says it can analyse a young… Read more Audio
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Kaimoana: Surf Clams
12:30 PM.There are lots of different surf clams here in New Zealand- trough clams, moonshell clams, diamond-shell clams and of course tuatuas, to name just a few. With Rachel Taulelei of Yellow Brick Road. Audio
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Train doctor
12:15 PM.Elsdon Arnold is a model train collector based in Manawatu. But he doesn't just collect Hornby trains. He also builds his own scale models and fixes other people's when they're broken. Audio
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All-natural insect repellent
1:50 PM.Marc Dolan of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Colorado is working on a new natural insect repellent that's meant to be just as effective as DEET. Even better, this stuff- nootkatone-… Read more Audio
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Roasting chestnuts
1:35 PM.We're roasting chestnuts with street vendor William Beauchamp. But these sweet or edible chestnuts- not to be confused with conkers- can be a hard sell to New Zealanders. Audio
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High alcohol wines
1:15 PM.The alcohol level of many wines is now up at 14 or even 15 percent. We're speaking to wine writer Mike Steinberger of Slate.com about what's going on, and getting a more local perspective from Kirsten… Read more Audio
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DIY cheese maturing
12:50 PM.Listener Robert wants to save cash by buying a block of mild cheese and maturing it in the plastic wrapper at home. So can he turn mild cheese into tasty himself? With Rod Bennett of Massey… Read more Audio
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Pests: Slugs
12:30 PM.On the slimy trail of some slugs with pest controller Paul Chapman. Plus Mike Wilson of Agresearch knows all about slugs' lifestyles and the best ways to kill them. Audio
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Small Homes
12:15 PM.Some folk are taking the idea of downsizing pretty seriously and choosing to live in tiny spaces of 10 square meters and less. Gregory Paul Johnson is the founder and director of the Small House… Read more Audio