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8:55 PM.All this week's clues and the answer. Audio

8:12 PM.This week's close encounter with a musician is brought to you by Sam Jacobs - another member of the New Zealand Symphony Ochestra. Audio

9:59 PM.Clue 8. Audio

8:59 PM.Clue 7. Audio

8:40 PM.Superintendent of Mt John University Observatory, astronomer Alan Gilmore raises our gaze to the planets and stars and beyond. Tonight, measuring the movement of galaxies. Audio

7:10 PM.Neuropsychologist Pascal Saker, a boffin on how we best can use our brains. Audio

9:59 PM.Conundrum Clue 6. Audio

8:59 PM.Conundrum Clue 5. Audio

8:40 PM.Shading in the heroes and villains of an animated realm is graphic novelist Dylan Horrocks. Audio

7:15 PM.Are arts lovers in mainland China interested in attending a festival featuring Kiwi culture? Kirsten Mason, New Zealand born, now Shanghai based director of this inaugural New Zealand Music Festival… Read more Audio

9:59 PM.Conundrum Clue 4. Audio

8:59 PM.Conundrum Clue 3. Audio

8:40 PM.Reporting from Ramallah in the West Bank of the Palestinian territories is journalist Nida' Tuma. Rumours persist about whether Yasse Arafat was murdered; the Palestinian Authority is facing a deep… Read more Audio

7:10 PM.Jaqui Tutt walked from London to the Vatican - she may not be a practising Catholic (but she's a keen walker) Audio

9:59 PM.Clue 2. Audio

9:10 PM.Associate Professor of Fisheries at Oregon State University Dr John Chapman about the challenge to deal with the tons of marine organisms that have hitched a ride across the Pacific with debris from… Read more Audio

8:59 PM.Clue 1. Audio

8:40 PM.Recession and depression, but look how Iceland is recovering. Audio

7:13 AM.Matt Zuvela reports that Germany is a bit disheartened by their effort at the Olympics, but Schumacher is back and the F1 is in full swing. Audio

8:59 PM.This week's answer. Audio

8:10 PM.This evening's guest is the NZSO's Brigid O'Meeghan. Can you guess what instrument she plays? Audio

9:59 PM.Clue 8. Audio

8:59 PM.Clue 7. Audio

8:45 PM.Green-fingered and threatened plant scientist Dr Peter de Lange from DOC on why photosynthesis is really very important - plant plus carbon dioxide and water in sunlight equals sugars and oxygen. Audio

7:12 PM.American social-psychologist Tara Powell on the challenges of building confidence in children who have been traumatised by a natural disaster, such as Hurricane Katrina or the Christchurch earthquake.