This Way Up for Saturday 5 October 2013
The Sports Gene
David Epstein looks at the genetic basis of sporting excellence in his book The Sports Gene.
Spain: Bikes and working hours
In Spain, sales of new bikes have outstripped new car sales for the first time. Also the country considers shortening its working day. With Paul Hamilos.
Worldreader.org
David Risher's a former Microsoft and Amazon executive who's Worldreader project aims to make free ereaders and ebooks available across the developing world.
Heart-based passwords
Karl Martin is the President and CEO of Bionym, the Canadian company behind the Nymi wristband.
Space Food
New Zealander Bryan Caldwell is trying to understand how our sense of taste and smell changes in space in order to design tastier foods for long-distance space missions.