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12:55 PM.Could our sense of smell be an important factor behind the fact that so many of us are overweight? Andy Dillin at the University of California, Berkeley, was involved in a study on mice that found… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.A water-free toilet that can turn human waste into fuel, power and fertiliser. Could this be the toilet of the future? Read more Audio, Gallery

12:35 PM.Facebook tries to bolster its ad revenues to meet Wall Street's expectations.Also Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos has just overtaken Bill Gates to become the world's richest person. It's all down to Amazon's… Read more Audio

12:25 PM.The cloud may soon blow over, as scientists investigate storing information in the densest known storage medium in the universe – DNA. Luis Ceze has been exploring the possibilities. Read more Audio, Gallery

12:15 PM.Mark Temple of Western Sydney University is a molecular biologist and a musician who's developed a way to turn DNA into music, so now you can 'hear' a genetic mutation. Read more Audio

12:01 PM.Turning DNA into music, DNA data storage, Amazon Down Under, more Facebook ads, a flush-free toilet and could our sense of smell be making us fatter? Read more Audio

12:40 PM.When the world wide web spread its tendrils into our homes a few decades ago, observers and sociologists noticed people becoming disinhibited in these virtual spaces: you could say and do what you… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:25 PM.While mainstream media and the publishing industry are grappling with the challenges of the digital age, the hugely profitable business of scientific publishing seems to be going from strength to… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Recreational marijuana use has been legalised in 8 US states and there's a boom in consumer pot products. Now you can choose exactly how you want to feel in advance: directional highs allow you to… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:01 PM.Directional highs: the future of marijuana? The scientific publishing business, social cooling, and an inflatable balloon to help the world lose weight. Audio

12:55 PM.Don't bother turning on the hot tap next time you wash your hands. According to new research, warm water doesn't do the job any better. Professor Donald Schaffner of Rutgers University tells us why. Read more Audio

12:50 PM.Surgeries designed to promote weight loss by restricting the stomach's capacity, like the gastric bypass or gastric banding, have become a common treatment to help chronically obese patients lose… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:45 PM.We know that computers can defeat virtual viruses with antivirus software, but could they also be used to kill the viruses that affect our bodies? Some scientists are doing just that, says biochemist… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Surfing is a massive global business estimated to be worth close to NZ$10 billion annually. Serious surfers are prepared to spend up large on boards, wetsuits, and living the surfing lifestyle… Read more Audio

12:25 PM.Eating seaweed can help people suffering from metabolic disorders, pre-diabetes and skin diseases, says Australian seaweed scientist and entrepreneur Pia Winberg. Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Antibiotic resistance is a major threat to public health worldwide, and microbiologist Adam Roberts is one of the scientists getting creative on the hunt for the next penicillin. He's put a call out… Read more Audio

12:01 PM.Finding new antibiotics, seaweed diet, how 3D printing can transform surfing, anti virus software, and the best way to wash your hands. Audio

12:45 PM.A cure for cancer isn't that far away, reckons engineering professor Steve Henry. His local tech outfit has developed a way to change the appearance of cancer cells so that the immune system can… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Microbes inhabit every nook and cranny from the depths of the ocean to your small intestine, but could these tiny organisms also be playing a part in the weather? Read more Audio, Gallery

12:25 PM.The struggle to keep up with all those perfect lives that hijack social media feeds is leaving us self-obsessed and unhappy, says Will Storr, author of the new book Selfie. Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Our pets are experiencing an epidemic of undiagnosed and chronic digestive distress, according to microbial ecologist Holly Ganz. She's sampling piles of posted pet poop in order to explore new… Read more Audio

12:50 PM.In NZ, the average life expectancy for a male born last year is 91 years, but a woman born in 2016 can expect to live to 93. Why is that? Science journalist Angela Saini tries to answer the… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.Could TVNZ live-streaming be the beginning of the end for Freeview, plus more EU scrutiny of Google and the big tech story of the week – hacking tools stolen from the NSA are again used in a major… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.The sequencing of an entire human genome in 2003 was hailed as a great victory, but in reality, it wasn't complete. The uncharted regions of the genome could play a role in cancer and autism, some… Read more Audio