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12:25 PM.Sourcemap.org is a web site which shows exactly where things come from. So you can see where all the components in a lap top originate, how far they've travelled, and how much carbon's been used in… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.The 9 countries bordering the Nile are finding it hard to agree on who can do what with the water flowing along the world's longest river. Xan Rice reports. Audio

1:55 PM.Bad news if you're a fan of online shopping. New charges are coming in from Thursday 1st July every time you bring in more than $400 worth of stuff from overseas. Conrad Petersen of the Customs… Read more Audio

1:45 PM.The second part of our 5,000km trip down the Mekong River with Michael Sullivan of NPR. Today he's in Myanmar, a place where reporters aren't exactly welcomed with open arms. Audio

1:30 PM.A listener's getting all sorts of conflicting advice about what she can and can't put into her septic tank. Wastewater specialist Ian Gunn sets us straight. Audio

1:20 PM.Linda Geddes is back with more pregnancy science. This week, is there anything you can do before conception to influence your baby's gender? Plus drinking alcohol during pregnancy- is there any such… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Why an identical newspaper's been appearing in lots of different films and TV shows. We enter the newspaper props business with Gregg Bilson, Jnr of ISS Props. Audio

12:50 PM.Our Japan correspondent Justin McCurry's a big fan of ramen noodles: they're a Chinese invention that have practically become a Japanese national dish. Plus a local council imposes a beard ban of its… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Citric acid or E330 is causing a listener a few headaches. Food technologist Torben Sorensen on why citric acid is cropping up in so much of our food. Audio

12:25 PM.Our series looking at some of the world's most popular sauces and condiments with Maggie Forest. This week, wasabi- it's the grated root from Japan that's good with raw fish. Audio

12:15 PM.Yves Behar's the chief industrial designer of the One Laptop Per Child Programme. His new project's trying to provide hundreds of thousands of Mexican school kids with free glasses. Audio

1:40 PM.Peter Rogers of Bristol University has led a new study on the ability of caffeine to kickstart your day. Audio

1:40 PM.We start a 5-part odyssey down the 5,000 kilometre course of the Mekong River in the company of NPR's Southeast Asia correspondent, Michael Sullivan. Audio

1:25 PM.Phil Lempert on how to save money on your food bills and what the supermarkets of the future are going to look like. Audio

1:15 PM.We're foraging for a free feed of fennel with Johanna Knox. To be fair it's not something you have to hunt around too hard for! Audio

12:45 PM.Bill Thompson beams in with news of AOL's sale of the social networking site Bebo plus the latest in video gaming technology from this week's E3 conference in Los Angeles. Audio

12:35 PM.Sharon Fowler's a listener in Lithuania who wants to know what the best way is to store her coffee. There's lots of conflicting advice out there...so should she go fridge, cupboard or freezer? Audio

12:20 PM.Loads of the cinnamon we're buying here isn't true cinnamon but cassia. So does it really matter and how can you tell the difference? Audio

12:15 PM.Dan Myers thinks he's found a way to finish a game of Monopoly in 21 seconds flat! Audio

1:50 PM.The latest on ticket sales and why foreign fans have been staying away. Plus the vuvuzela- it's the African horn you'll be hearing a lot of through the tournament! With Ned Boulting. Audio

1:40 PM.Brad Howlett's a pollination expert with Plant and Food who's working on a project to restore the short-haired bumblebee to the UK where it's become extinct. But now the bees have all died so what… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Peter Griffin test drives a new, flat screen 3D-TV. It's the latest in TV technology so how do they work, are they any good, and is now the right time to buy one? Audio

1:15 PM.The Indian government's creating a database of every single yoga pose to protect the ancient art from foreign imitators. Jason Burke reports from Delhi. Audio

12:50 PM.Greg Wood's a psychologist at Exeter University who's been studying what penalty-takers can do to increase their chances. Audio

12:40 PM.Your modern day spook is more likely to be found hunched over a keyboard in a dark room than at a cocktail party wearing a false moustache! Rafal Rohozinski is studying how the world's governments are… Read more Audio