Nights for Thursday 23 September 2010

7:15 Sleep Spindles

Professor Jeffrey Ellenbogen, Sleep Medicine Programme, Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Brain rhythms and how we may keep sleeping even though noises keep going bump in the night.

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: Body Parts

Professor Jean Fleming, Endocrinologist, University of Otago

Biology of the human body boiled down... sleeping and waking.

8:59 Conundrum: Clue 7

9 pm News and Weather

9:06 Our Changing World

Radio New Zealand's science and environment programme.

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)