Nights for Thursday 22 July 2010

7:15 Jupiter's Lost Stripe

Anthony Wesley, amateur astronomer

A passion for astronomy and the planets of our solar system lead to discovering that Jupiter had lost a 'stripe'.

7:30 Spectrum

People, places and events in New Zealand.

8 pm News and Weather

8:15 Windows on the World

International public radio documentaries

8:45 Science: Energy Usage

Professor Ralph Sims, director of Centre for Energy Research, Massey University

The challenges of getting warm, keeping cool or just driving from point A to B.

8:59 Conundrum: Clue 7

9 pm News and Weather

9:06 Our Changing World

Radio New Zealand's science and environment programme.

Techniques are being trialled to help adults with amblyopia - often called lazy eye, a treasure trove of more than 65,000 samples of different grass and clover seeds, quantum computers and experimental climate simulations with a supercomputer called Fitzroy.

9:59 Conundrum: Clue 8

10 pm News and Weather

10:17 Late Edition

A review of the leading news from Morning Report, Nine to Noon, Afternoons and Checkpoint. Also hear the latest news from around the Pacific on Radio New Zealand International's Dateline Pacific.

11 pm News and Weather

11:06 The Music Mix

Nick Atkinson presents a contemporary music magazine with interviews and music from New Zealand and overseas artists, coverage of new releases, tours, live sessions, music festivals and events. (RNZ)