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Male lamb taste taint?
12:40 PM.Culinary questions and food facts and is there a taste difference (aka a ram taint) between male and female lamb meat? Dr Nicola Schreurs is a lecturer in Ruminant Nutrition at Massey University. Audio
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Vinegar
12:25 PM.We're tasting vinegars with Maggie Forest. So what's the difference between a cheap balsamic vinegar and something more pricey off the top shelf? Audio
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GM salmon
12:15 PM.Will the US approve the world's first genetically modified animal for human consumption? Writer Paul Greenberg's been following the story of the AquAdvantage salmon, designed to grow twice as quickly… Read more Audio
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Pests: Ants
1:40 PM.We tackle ants from a slightly different perspective - as a household pest. Pest controller Paul Chapman heads out with us on the hunt for a colony of white-footed ants in someone's home. Audio
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Adventures Among Ants: Mark Moffett
1:10 PM.Mark Moffett's a bit like an insect-loving Indiana Jones who's been all over the world studying and photographing ants for his new book 'Adventures Among Ants'. We're speaking about the amazingly… Read more Audio
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Tech news: IE9, digital TV and Nokia
12:45 PM.Bill Thompson beams in with news of the beta launch of Microsoft's new web browser Internet Explorer 9. Plus switching over from analog to digital TV, and Nokia attempts to turn its fortunes around. Audio
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Food: fresh vs frozen veggies?
12:30 PM.Fresh or frozen veggies: which are most nutritious? And why is vegetable oil being applied to our dried fruit? Professor Julian Heyes of Massey University has the answers. Audio
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Your brain on computers
12:15 PM.What happens when 5 neuroscientists head into a remote area of Utah without cellphones, emails or laptops? Matt Richtel's watching the start of some research into how technology changes the way we… Read more Audio
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History of NZ restaurants
1:35 PM.We're dining out on the history of the restaurant in New Zealand with food historian Perrin Rowland. She's been studying how the local dining scene has evolved from Maori markets, through hotel dining… Read more Audio
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Google Maps design
1:15 PM.Patrick Hofmann's a user experience designer working on Google Maps. His job is to decide how wide things like roads should be on the map and come up with icons and easily understandable symbols for… Read more Audio
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Lamb vs hogget
12:50 PM.Meat scientist Roger Purchas of Massey University on the differences between lamb, hogget and mutton. So how can you tell if your lamb's a bit long in the tooth? Audio
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Death of the web
12:30 PM.Chris Anderson, the editor-in-chief of the tech mag Wired, reckons the web is dead. Audio
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Spices: Pepper
12:15 PM.The world's most popular spice, pepper, with Alison Sandle. You used to be able to pay the rent with it! Audio
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World's biggest tidal power turbine
1:50 PM.The world's largest tidal turbine for generating electricity has just been lowered into the sea off Scotland. We're speaking to Tim Cornelius of Atlantis Resources. Audio
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Tonecheck
1:40 PM.If you've ever sent or received a rude-sounding email then Tonecheck could be for you. It's like a spell-checker for emotive words and phrases and Matt Eldridge is its founder and CEO. Audio
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Virgin vs extra virgin olive oil
1:25 PM.Studies in the US and Australia show lots of what's being sold as extra virgin olive oil doesn't make the grade. Marie Wong of Massey University has some tips on how to tell that the stuff we pay more… Read more Audio
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Urban farming in Detroit
1:10 PM.Detroit was once the proud capital of the US auto industry but sadly these days parts of it resemble a post-industrial wasteland. Mark Dowie on the vibrant urban farming movement that could transform… Read more Audio
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Sex, Lies and Pharmaceuticals
12:30 PM.Writer Ray Moynihan says that soon you'll be hearing a lot more about an emerging condition called 'Female Sexual Dysfunction'. He says it's the clearest example yet of the corporate-sponsored selling… Read more Audio
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Tech news: Privacy, Google Phone and Samsung's Galaxy Tab
1:45 PM.Bill Thompson with details of a proposed new privacy law in Germany. Plus Google makes a move into the world of internet telephony and Samsung's new tablet computer. Audio
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Connected: Nicholas Christakis
1:15 PM.Nicholas Christakis is a Professor of Sociology at Harvard who studies how our social networks operate. We speak to him about his book 'Connected: the amazing power of social networks'. Audio
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Recycled island
12:45 PM.Dutch architect Ramon Knoester wants to recycle the plastic floating in our oceans to build an island home for 500,000 people. Plus Kara Lavender Law, lead author of a 22-year study looking at the… Read more Audio
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Kaimoana: Snapper
12:20 PM.Rachel Taulelei on snapper, the popular recreational species that's worth millions in exports. Audio
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Watery diet
12:15 PM.New research shows that drinking water before a meal can help you lose more weight. Dr Brenda Davy of Virginia Tech led the study. Audio
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Methane power in Rwanda
1:50 PM.In Rwanda they've found a way to generate power from all the methane bubbling up through Lake Kivu. Xan Rice reports. Audio
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Foraging: cabbage tree
1:30 PM.We're foraging for free food with Johanna Knox. This week, cordyline australis aka the cabbage tree or Ti Kouka. Audio