Our Changing World for Monday 11 January 2016

9:20 PM.Science communication student Pam Cornes finds out what motivates Dunedin's keen band of aurora watchers and night sky enthusiasts, and hears why they are pushing for the city to be part of a Dark Sky… Read more Audio

9:06 PM.Science commuication student Evan Balkcom investigates the internal effects of prayer, from the point of view of psycholgists and people who regularly pray Read more Audio

9:06 PM.Geologists are using a cannon, a trebuchet and silly putty wrapped in condoms to investigate volcanic ballistics and better understand volcanic eruptions Read more Video, Audio

9:06 PM.The Hop Lab in Motueka is a small research brewery, where a Plant and Food Research scientists are breeding, growing and testing new varieties of hops Read more Audio

9:34 PM.University of Auckland neuroscientist Melanie Cheung has developed a Maori-focused brain resilience programme which could slow the progression of Huntington's Disease Read more Video, Audio

9:06 PM.Maggots are used by hospitals and veterinary clinics to treat chronic ulcers and wounds, often as a last resort, and are bred in an insectary in Upper Hutt Read more Audio