Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is helping Massey University research into Ebola and other deadly diseases be received on the world stage.

Children learn new words using the same method as robots, psychologists say.

INTERACTIVE MAP: Explore the behaviour of volcanoes that lie beneath Auckland and see whether your area is in a danger zone.

Kaikoura's fur seals famously splashed and frolicked in a pool at the foot of a waterfall. And then the earthquake came.

History-making astronaut Buzz Aldrin has always set his sights on the stars.

A man with advanced prostate cancer is believed to be cured after doctors 'shocked' his tumour to death.

COMMENT: How tragic would it be if we could only experience tui, kereru (wood pigeons) or piwakawaka (fantails) as stuffed specimens in museums?

Govt says a public message about unusual seismic activity under the North Island was not a cause for alarm.

Scientists claim this simple blood test can help predict your chances of survival in the next five years.

New research by Kiwi scientists has revealed how chemotherapy stimulates the release of tiny bubbles from the surface of cancer cells that cause potentially fatal blood clots.

New Zealand is pumping more cash into the world's most ambitious science and IT project, bringing its investment in the gigantic Square Kilometre Array to more than $2 million.

New Zealand's science and innovation system is trailing comparable economies in some key areas, a new report has found.

GeoNet technicians reach new heights of Kiwi ingenuity as they work in the quake zone. .

COMMENT: I had never, for one second, consciously entertained the idea that human extinction was conceivable in the near term.

New Zealand students are performing below the international average when it comes to maths, a new study shows.

Nearly a quarter of 10-year-olds say they are bullied on a weekly basis.

The spectacular eruption of a geyser near the shores of Lake Rotorua comes as scientists are discovering new insights into the city's famous geothermal backdrop.

New data has revealed a notable drop in the average Kiwi household's greenhouse gas emissions, as production of meat, dairy and electricity becomes more climate-friendly.

Scientists working in North Canterbury have captured incredible images showing the fractures in the landscape wrought by this month's 7.8 Kaikoura Earthquake.

COMMENT: The more science advances, the more inclined is the human race to cling to nonsense.

GNS volcano information specialist Brad Scott answers questions on the science behind the eruption which sent water shooting 20- to

Residents tell of fear after eight water eruptions of up to 30m on the lake this morning - the first geothermal activity in the area for about 15 years.

Android users are more honest than iPhone users, researchers have found, in a study revealing what our choice of smartphones say about us.

COMMENT: Free online calculator will allow couples to prepare emotionally and financially for their chances of conceiving using IVF.

TASH BELL COMMENT: I love my husband, but love my sleep more. And since we've married, I've just stopped getting it.

Scientists say it's not beyond the realms of possibility that New Zealand could have a sophisticated earthquake early warning (EEW) system - alerting people seconds before a big disaster hits.

Thanks to this research, there has never been a better excuse to eat ice cream for breakfast.

Tash Joyce had a very special delivery waiting in her post box.

A renowned Auckland brain scientist has been recognised with New Zealand's highest honour for research - the Rutherford Medal.

These graphics show how Marlborough's faults were set off one by one in the 7.8 Kaikoura Earthquake.