This Way Up for Saturday 25 January 2014
Doggie day-care
We visit a doggie day-care centre, part of the booming business of caring for New Zealand's estimated 5 million pets. With Sam Banks and John Fraser of Paws in the City. life and society, pets
Inside a banana
Inside New Zealand's most popular fruit, the banana, and the sugars it contains. With Dr Bridget Stocker and Dr Mattie Timmer of Victoria University of Wellington. science, food, sugars, bananas
Vikingland and cinammon
Our Scandinavia correspondent Helen Russell on a Viking theme park in Norway, and a debate over the spices that can be used in pastries in Denmark. Denmark, Norway, spices
Tech news: Kim Dotcom, three strikes
Peter Griffin beams in with the latest on Kim Dotcom's Internet Party, and a new French study looks at the effectiveness of 'three strikes' legislation as a way of cracking down on illegal online filesharing. technology, internet, law, politics, filesharing
Natural products
Using the secrets of the natural world to make better medicines, batteries and circuit boards. With Professor Angela Belcher of MIT. technology, science
Computer recipe generator
Lav Varshney from IBM is working on project to make computers more creative in the kitchen, with a cooking and recipe algorithm. technology, science, food, recipes