Nights for Thursday 29 July 2010
7:15 Plato's musical message
Dr Jay Kennedy, Manchester University
The hidden musical codes in Plato's writing.
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: Astronomy
Alan Gilmour Astronomer, Mt John University Observatory
"Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly hugely mindbogglingly big it is. I mean you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space." Douglas Adams
8:59 Conundrum: Clue 7
9 pm News and Weather
9:06 Our Changing World
Radio New Zealand's science and environment programme.
The role bacteria play in marine decomposition; analysing bite marks, the University of Waikato's science learning hub and looking after museum specimens at the Otago Museum.
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)