NASA has released video captured from the cameras onboard the International Space Station showing 3 hurricanes churning in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

WATCH: Scientists have successfully used drones to capture detailed images of Southern right whales.

Spring arrives tomorrow and with it, generous bundles of warmth and sunshine. But the new season won't be a welcome joy for everyone.

Did we get a message from aliens on HD 164595b? Hold on to your tinfoil hats.

As campaigners hail a High Court ruling allowing regional councils to decide whether GMOs can be banned in their areas, an organisation representing bio-scientists calls for a legislation overhaul.

NZ Cancer Society medical director Dr Christopher Jackson discusses urgent worries around New Zealand's systems for reviewing and funding ground-breaking new cancer drugs.

In this morning's Focus: Could aliens have sent a 'strong message' from space? And Apple gets a massive bill from Ireland.

Watch NZH Focus: Radio signals detected from deep space and kept secret by the Russians are now being investigated by international scientists.

A Nobel Prize-winning scientist visiting New Zealand says the things you learn in school aren't everything.

New Zealand's tuatara has proven itself a treasure trove of genetic surprises - among them its distant DNA link to humans.

The ocean between New Zealand and Australia is one of the fastest-warming ocean regions on the planet, heating up at four times the global average.

One of the most shocking exhibitions in the history of British art - featuring tissues soiled by Billy Apple ­­- is now the focus of a new Kiwi study.

Students being taught new STEAM concept, an acronym which mixes science, technology, engineering and maths, with art

The company you keep has long been thought to be an important factor in both mental and physical wellbeing.

Thousands of schoolchildren are set to take breath-tests in a study to reveal the role of fructose in New Zealand's childhood obesity epidemic.

High magnitude disasters are overdue along some of the planet's major fault lines and there's nothing we can do to stop them.

Professor Stephen McGarvey talks about his recent breakthrough establishing a link between Samoan populations and obesity.

A few words from Dr Ben Goldacre

COMMENT: Our enthusiasm for everything digital makes us the perfect guinea pigs to test new systems and devices on.

Four alcoholic patients fitted with brain microchips as part of NZ research into addiction have seen their cravings for alcohol dramatically reduce.

One of the country's foremost concussion experts has called the publication of research linking rugby concussion and long-term difficulties a "game-changer".

Scientists are excited about the possibility a new planet orbiting around our sun's closest neighbour may have an atmosphere.

Eduardo Rodriguez, a surgeon at NYU Langone who led the team, said the recovery "surpassed all of our expectations".

Humans have been driving global warming for nearly two centuries, finds a new study showing climate change isn't just a 20th century phenomenon.

The European Southern Observatory's Director General on Wednesday announced the discovery of an Earth-like planet orbiting the Sun's closest stellar neighbor.

What we know about diseases as common as cancer, diabetes and dementia could be transformed in the wake of ground-breaking findings by a team of Kiwi researchers.

Experts answer questions around the aquifers that provide our drinking water and how they can become contaminated.

An intrepid Kiwi photojournalist has been given a rare glimpse inside the illegal world of mining and selling woolly mammoth tusks.

A calving event at the Larsen C ice shelf could create a giant floating ice island.

His science background could be helpful in communicating Horizons Regional Council's activities more clearly to voters, Allan Wrigglesworth