Is an all-you-can-eat, whole food, plant-based diet the answer to weight loss?

Our oceans are bearing the brunt of climate change. How much more heat can they take?

Will we land on Mars? Discover alien life? Share our days with Artificial Intelligence?

Are robots really going to take our jobs? An expert says the threat's exaggerated.

Cycling isn't as dangerous as you might think - and could be a life-saver.

Is laughter contagious? It is among our cheeky kea.

The 7.8 quake moved parts of the South Island more than 5 metres closer to the North.

Science reveals how meal time and frequency really can alter weight gain and heart health.

When he graduates university next year, Tristan Pang will be 16. What's next?

Renowned scientist Dr Brian Greene talks a "new era of astronomy" and a Kiwi innovator.

Taichi Nakamura is one of the lucky 150 people to fly south of NZ to see the phenomenon.

The world's most detailed human data collection wins our biggest cash award for science.

Earth is just shy of 4.6 billion years old and a couple hundred million years later the planetary blob began to cool form its first crust.

That's the goal of a bold new project between Kiwi researchers and the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation.

Pluto fans are attempting to reignite one of astronomy's most contentious debates: What is a planet?

NZ's economic growth is "approaching its environmental limits", a once-a-decade environmental report card says.

Volcano under one of the world's busiest flight paths has erupted almost 40 times this year.

Slashing pastoral stock numbers by up to 35 per cent has been suggested among ways to push New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions down to zero by 2100.

A selection of the best of the Wellcome Awards that celebrate the art of science illustration

Our planet's spiders wolf down between 400 and 800 million tonnes of food each year.

A chimpanzee has been filmed using tools to apparently clean the corpse of another chimp.

Crowd-sourcing new ideas from fans has built Lego a solid future.

A top educator says streaming children into top, middle and bottom classes is steadily dragging down Kiwi students' learning.

A new smartphone app allows users to check Auckland's air quality at any given time.

Unnecessary prescriptions could lead to serious long-term consequences.

Our alpine parrot may be much smarter than we think, scientists say.

The killer whale was likely the same one that stranded in Whangarei Harbour last year.

By better understanding how our brains work, can we change how we feel pain? A world-leading Kiwi neuroscientist, back in New Zealand, talks to science reporter Jamie Morton.

Nasa are testing the engines of the world's biggest rocket set to launch in 2018.

Have you ever wondered what is happening in your little sleepy head's mind?