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Native Fish expert Stella McQueen is back. Tonight she introduces us to an aquatic creature with stinging tenticles, a mouth that doubles as an anus and that is immortal.

We'll hear from Professor David Lee, of Manchester Metropolitan University, about the extent to which our love of flying is contributing to climate change ... he's been involved in writing the first report of it's kind since 2009.

University of Canterbury Masters student Cybele Freitas has investigated security aspects of e-voting in national elections overseas. She says while no electoral system is completely secure, there are particular risks and vulnerabilities with the confidentiality, integrity and availability of e-voting.

Political economist and historian Brian Roper from The University of Otago joins us once again This evening he talks about the book "Dying for an iPhone", by Jenny Chan, Mark Selden and Pun Ngai.

As sports resume in America, mostly without spectators, some problems have arisen. Baseball in particular has had a lot of COVID cases and many teams were held off the field and have played fewer games than some other teams.

We're talking to Liz Greive from the charity Spend My Super about another project she's involved in - refurbishing donated used laptops for students around the country who don't have access to technology - sounds like a great idea!

The Digital Research Hub at the University of Auckland has co-ordinated a digital exhibition space as part of the international Ars Electronica art and technology festival, and if you have a computer and a good internet connection you can join in too.

Peggy Revell joins us from Medicine Hat, Alberta with the latest news stories from Canada.

Mona-Lynn Courteau joins us from her stay in quarantine.

MacDiarmid Institute Associate Investigator and Physics Lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington - Krista Steenbergen gives her scientific take on Vibranium, a fictional metal appearing in Marvel Comics.