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12:15 PM.Jon Henley's just got back from France's largest frog festival run by the Vittel Brotherhood of Frog Thigh Tasters. Audio

1:55 PM.Dr Nick Wade's one of the Australian scientists who reckons they've solved the mystery of what makes crabs, prawns and lobsters change colour when you cook them. Audio

1:45 PM.Trash Track's the name of a project in the US that's using location tags to track the journey your rubbish takes after you leave it on the kerbside. Assaf Biderman of MIT's leading the project. Audio

1:30 PM.Bill Thompson on a new UK study of music downloading and young people's listening habits. Plus the US employers facing lawsuits from"hyperconnected"workers. Audio

1:15 PM.The southern Chinese city of Macau makes more money from gambling than Las Vegas and Atlantic City combined! Clifford Coonan's seen some changes in the 20 years he's bene visiting. Audio

12:55 PM.We're off to San Francisco where Cyrus Farivar's visited a new producer using all sorts of hi-tech wizardry in the chocolate manufacturing process. Audio

12:50 PM.Gaby Tschofen of the Swiss chocolatier Barry Callebaut reckons they've cracked the secret of heat resistant, low calorie chocolate. Audio

12:30 PM.Zips are on everything nowadays. But the idea took about 40 years to get off the ground, two world wars got in the way, and tragedy struck one of its main inventors. Robert Friedel charts the history… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.We're foraging for more free food with Johanna Knox. This week, onion weed's a bit like a wild spring onion and good in dips, breads, marinades and Asian cooking. Audio

1:55 PM.A new study that shows just how distracting the noise of a ringing cellphone can be. Jill Shelton's measured how well college students can recall information before, during and after the interruption. Audio

1:15 PM.Peter Griffin's comparing the offers, pricing plans and handsets for new mobile phone provider, 2degrees. Is it worth switching from Vodafone, Telecom or Telstra Clear? Audio

12:50 PM.One year after New York introduced calorie counters on restaurant menus, people are saying they're seriously inaccurate and don't really change consumer behaviour. Sarah di Gregorio reports. Audio

12:15 PM.How OJ muscled its way onto our breakfast menus with author Alissa Hamilton. Plus we put 5 of New Zealand's top brands to the test to see if claims like"no added sugar"and"not from concentrate"really… Read more Audio

1:50 PM.Andy Vermeulen is selling food after its best before date. Audio

1:30 PM.Susanne Freidberg's written a book about how consumer conceptions of freshness have changed over the years. Audio

1:10 PM.The male-dominated world of the gondolier's got its first ever woman gondoliera. Plus the country's traditionally relaxed alcohol laws are getting tightened up. Sophie Iacopini reports. Audio

12:50 PM.Erik Trinidad's transforming fast food into haute cuisine on his website. As his website says,"Yeah it's still bad for you- but see how good it can look"! Audio

12:40 PM.Stratford in Taranaki is hoping to be the first New Zealand town to offer discounted internet access to rate-payers. Audio

12:20 PM.Chris Anderson coined the term "the long tail" in a book a few years back. His new book "Free: the future of a radical price" is about how much we get for nothing in the digital age. Audio

12:15 PM.In New York they're turning rubbish skips into swimming pools to beat the summer heat. Our correspondent Jon Kalish heads along for a dip. Audio

1:55 PM.Ambitious plans to introduce biometric ID card to India's 1.2 billion population. Also the first proud owner of the world's cheapest car- the Tata Nano- has just got his keys. Tinku Ray reports. Audio

1:40 PM.Jerry Watkins is asking if we really need to spend billions on building high-speed fibre optic networks when more people are using mobiles and wireless devices to access the web? Audio

1:25 PM.Bill Thompson with news of more disruption in the publishing world...web sites that store and share documents and books online. Sort of like You Tube for the printed word! Audio

1:10 PM.Alison Sandle says 75 percent of world hazelnut production comes from Turkey. But it was the Italians who turned them into a paste that's spread all over the world. Audio