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1:45 PM.Technology correspondent Bill Thompson dissects Twitter. Banal noise or a valuable form of digital communication? Audio

1:30 PM.The Boeing 747 is 40 years old. Aviation consultant John Strickland on how it's changed air travel for ever. Audio

1:15 PM.Typographer Bruno Maag on what fonts and lettering tell us about some of New Zealand's biggest brands. Audio

12:45 PM.Dr Patrick Lin's reporting to the US Navy on creating ethical systems for the world's growing army of military robots. Audio

12:20 PM.After recent disasters affecting the backyard bee team are we ever going to get any honey? Audio

12:10 PM.Paul Lewis of the Guardian on boom and bust in Dubai. Audio

1:50 PM.Noel Waite's just written a history of New Zealand's oldest bookselling chain, Whitcoulls. Audio

1:30 PM.Toxic honey's been in the news recently. The culprit's tutin, a toxin that gets produced when bees gather honeydew from the sap-sucking vine hopper insect on tutu bushes. So if you're a backyard… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.A walking, talking domestic servant has been promised to consumers for years. So why am I still cleaning my own toilet? Audio

12:50 PM.Tim Walsh beams in with the latest from the massive American International Toy Fair in New York City. Audio

12:30 PM.The seaside suburb of Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro's gone downhill since its heyday in the 1970's. Audio

12:15 PM.It calls itself the first online energy shop. But will it save you money? Audio

1:50 PM.Retail writer Martin Craig on how stuff like stock levels and exchange rate fluctuations can translate into savings. Audio

1:35 PM.Amy Stewart on the importance of Valentine's Day to the global flower industry. Audio

12:50 PM.For over a century Uruguay and Argentina have been quarreling over who invented tango. But now a truce is in sight. Audio

12:50 PM.Rowan Jacobsen on colony collapse disorder. It's killing billions of the world's honeybees but nobody really knows why. Audio

12:35 PM.Bill Thompson on Amazon's latest ebook reader, the Kindle 2, which gets released later this month. Audio

12:15 PM.The yoyo's been around for more than 2,000 years and is one of the world's most enduring and popular toys. Audio

1:50 PM.LendAround opens up your film collection to other people in your social network. Audio

1:40 PM.There's a big argument in Mexico over who invented the famous Caesar salad. Audio

1:25 PM.David Graves is an urban beekeeper in New York with 14 hives dotted around Manhattan. Audio

1:10 PM.A buyer's guide on what to look out for if you're on the hunt for a kayak. Audio

12:50 PM.Peter Griffin on how the controversial section 92A of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 is going to work. Audio

12:40 PM.We're off to the Zippo factory in Pennsylvania where the famous lighters have been made for over 70 years. Audio

12:30 PM.The invention of glasses. Once upon a time some bright spark stuck two lenses in a wire frame! Audio