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1:50 PM.Miners wore them and the US Navy too. Hugo Lindgren of New York magazine on how the t-shirt moved from being an undergarment to becoming a fashion accessory. Audio

1:40 PM.In the UK, bees are being promoted as pets for city dwellers. Johannes Paul on the 'Beehaus', specially designed for urban beekeeping. Audio

1:23 PM.Johanna Knox takes us out searching for brassicaceae, a relative of the radish and mustard plant. Audio

1:12 PM.Tinku Ray, our correspondent in Dehli on the lack of coconut harvesters in India, hire-purchase Levi's and how Indians are embracing the recent phenomenon of supermarkets. Audio

12:55 PM.Tourism numbers are down on tiny Norfolk Island, located halfway between New Zealand and New Caledonia. Independent producer Jake Warga explores what's happening. Audio

12:13 PM.How did humans progress from being hunter-gatherers to farming and beyond? Tom Standage is the author of 'An Edible History of Humanity'. Audio

1:50 PM.Ballhawking is the practice of spectators catching balls at American baseball games with the possibility of selling them on afterwards. Ballhawk Nick Bohannon explains. Audio

1:34 PM.From online do-it-yourself wills to using the public trust or a lawyer, there are quite a few choices for us consumers - so which one should you go for? Richard Allen of law firm Tripe, Matthews and… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.A study has discovered oil and fat in salad dressings help the human body to absorb anti-oxidants. Wendy White is associate professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Iowa State University and… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Lisa Johnson of 42 Collective describes her user-driven map of edible free food on the streets of Wellington. Audio

12:45 PM.Shopping for mini-laptops with technology expert Peter Griffin. Audio

12:35 PM.Save on shaving by having your facial hair removed by laser. Donna from Beaute of Kelburn aims and fires. Audio

12:15 PM.Allan Peterkin is author of 'One Thousand Beards - a Cultural History of Facial Hair'. Audio

1:40 PM.The Swedish carmaker that first introduced the heated car seat, headrests and mass-produced turbo engines. Sam Knight's first car was a Saab. Audio

1:40 PM.Lena Grose lives in a small German village where residents control the street lighting with their mobile phones. Audio

1:30 PM.Sherri Kimes is behind a new study showing that the way prices get displayed on restaurant menus has a major impact on how much we spend. Audio

1:15 PM.According to Canadian documentary maker Christy Garland 85 percent of the world's doormats get made in Kerala in India. Audio

12:50 PM.Bill Thompson on Sony's plan to link its eBook reader to public libraries in the US. Plus another row between Facebook's management and its user community. Audio

12:30 PM.How online auction sites have affected the global market for cultural artefacts and antiquities. With Charles Stanish the director of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology and Dr Huhana Smith, the… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.What do all those funny bumps, ridges and grooves at the bottom of glass jars and wine bottles mean? Glassmaker Mike Needham explains. Audio

1:55 PM.Guido Huppertz is working on turning Germany's cars into an early warning system in case of emergency or natural disaster. Audio

1:45 PM.Hugo Lindgren's been looking at a few of the more weird and wonderful economic indicators out there... stuff like underpant sales and the attractiveness of the people waiting tables in restaurants and… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Vint Cerf's acknowledged as one of the fathers of the internet after inventing a way to send information over a network of computers more than 30 years ago. Audio

12:45 PM.Geosmart's a new real time traffic alert system for in-car GPS. Not only does it help you get from A to B, this device works out your best route based on traffic flows and other hold ups. With Peter… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Alison Sandle on the very more-ish cashew nut. It's got its own self defense system and these days most of them come from Vietnam. Audio