This Piha Beach crustacean shows some creatures can have tide-influenced body clocks.

Scott Base staff spent the weekend locked down in furious "Condition-1" weather.

We're using the wrong month - and calendar - to celebrate Matariki, two academics say.

Science advisor to PM warns of pitfalls in using big data and analytics for social policy.

NZ scientists have made a surprise genetic finding that could help combat drug resistance.

New research could be a game-changer in the fight against malaria.

An Alpine Fault earthquake could cut the West Coast from the main grid for many weeks.

Elon Musk has revealed more details of his plans to establish first colony on Mars.

Washing your hands can also cleanse your brain of old ideas, a new study has revealed.

If you have a heart attack outside hospital in the future, you could be saved by a drone.

A technique just proven by NZ scientists on fruit flies could one day help wipe out pests.

The huge flying object reportedly burnt up off Auckland's west coast.

Peter Beck has swamped with attention ahead of the World Entrepreneur Of The Year awards.

Why do new words and phrases mysteriously appear in our everyday language?

Drinking just a couple of beers a day can cause problems for your brain, new study finds.

Is your cold particularly bad this year? It could be because you're lonely.

New Zealand has joined a sprawling effort to map the ocean floor of the entire world.

Bug kills about 500 New Zealanders, with Maori, men and the poor at greatest risk.

Nasa chose 12 new astronauts from its biggest pool of applicants ever.

The modern humans are roughly 100,000 years older than other fossils of our species.

Where did your science teacher hail from? Hundreds of students are about to find out.

Antibiotic resistance from gonorrhoea is just 'a hair's breadth' away, researchers say.

KELT-9b is 10 times hotter than Venus, the planet that gets hottest in the solar system.

"Where's the money honey," asks one mayor over the cost of preparing for sea level rises.

Scientists reveal that subtlety, creativity are the secrets to successful chat-up lines.

COMMENT: Construction boom means we need strategies to offset 'urban heat island'.

The T rex pulverised bones by biting down with forces the weight of three small cars.

Factions inside and outside the White House didn't change Donald Trump's mind.

Queensland researchers have found a compound in an Australian plant that halts Zika virus.

By next week, an iceberg the size of the Auckland region could break free.