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1:10 PM.Product placement's been going on in films and TV shows for ages. Now people are paying to get brand names mentioned in songs. Audio

12:50 PM.Why golf balls have dimples. Also do sex bans before competition help or hinder sporting performance? Audio

12:35 PM.The latest proposed European laws to make all electronics manufacturers put replaceable batteries in their products. Audio

12:15 PM.The website rating more than 60,000 products on how safe, healthy and green they are. Audio

1:50 PM.More weird and wonderful inventions. Graffiti detectors, the footstep reader and a new lie detector. Audio

1:30 PM.Tom Vanderbilt's been studying the way we drive and what it says about us. Audio

1:15 PM.The lemon has to be the most versatile fruit in the fruit-bowl. Audio

12:55 PM.The world's first reality TV school's just opened in New York. Audio

12:40 PM.A Japanese cartoon character's proving more influential than real living, breathing wine critics. Audio

12:15 PM.The history of the sturdy die-cast models that featured in many a post-war childhood. Audio

1:45 PM.Scientists have been DNA-testing lager to find out what yeasts are involved and where they come from. Audio

1:30 PM.We head to the vets to see what's involved in getting your dog neutered. Audio

1:10 PM.Fertiliser prices have gone up more than oil or any other commodity in the past 18 months. But why? Audio

12:50 PM.Eve Edelson's studied the very organised business of email scams. It's not just a few random guys in a Nigerian internet cafe! Audio

12:40 PM.We're off to the world's biggest restaurant in Syria with space for 6000 people in one sitting. Audio

12:25 PM.Bill Thompson on Google's new cellphone, Sony's music service for mobiles and a town in Russia has fun with Google Maps. Audio

12:15 PM.Look 6 percent smaller without diets or exercise. Just wear a few stripes. But do you go vertical or horizontal? Audio

1:50 PM.Foreign investors are buying up hundreds of pig farms in China, and the Christmas tree maker that's taking on Hollywood. Audio

1:15 PM.We meet some collectors, doll-makers and judges at a doll show, and the history of the Cabbage Patch Kids. Audio

12:45 PM.Air-drying meat South African style. Audio

12:30 PM.High-rise buildings wouldn't have got off the ground if it wasn't for inventions like concrete and elevators. Audio

12:15 PM.How to protect the personal info on your hard drive when you get rid of your old computer. Audio

1:45 PM.Justin Mullins of New Scientist on exo-skeletons for senior citizens, face-lift cream, exercising in bed and baldness. Audio

1:25 PM.It's indexed the world now it's shooting for the stars...Google's getting into the satellite business. Audio

1:10 PM.Two American schoolgirls have been DNA-testing the sushi in New York restaurants. There's something fishy going on! Audio