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Dean Poole's the first New Zealander to become president of the global design organisation Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI). He talks about the importance of design in a world reliant on… Audio

In response to Peta's decision this week to ask people not to use idioms about hurting animals, A British book chain has offered up alternative idioms that don't "trivialise cruelty to books".  Audio

When you hear a loved up couple calling each other pet names it can be a bit gross .. its easy to feel cynical when they address each other as muffin, or schnookums.... Audio

Literacy skills in children built up throughout the academic year can easily be lost over the long summer break. This summer slump can set some children back months in their learning. Dr Rachel… Audio

Christmas is just around the corner - and so is the debate about what greeting to use ... Audio

Three of the major dictionaries have nominated their word of the year for 2018 - "single-use", "toxic", and "misinformation". Audio

Babies are sponges for learning new languages, whereas adults find it much harder. Anne Cutler is a Distinguished Professor at Western Sydney University specialising in linguistics. Her research… Audio

Students have launched a petition after being confused by the word "trivial" in a history exam. Some Year 13 students are worried they might fail the exam because they didn't know what it meant.  Audio

Dunkin' Donuts changed its name to Dunkin'. Weight Watchers is now WW, Telecom swapped to Spark and Kentucky Fried Chicken is simply KFC. Why do companies change their names to meaningless words or… Audio

Lynn talks with neuroscientist Dr Maryanne Wolf, director of the center for dyslexia, diverse learners and social justice, at UCLA whose research looks at how the brain takes on knowledge. She says… Audio