We're all accustomed to having appliances on our kitchen counters, from toasters and blenders to coffee makers and microwaves.

Dr Gerald Weber is a computer scientist, but you might not think it by looking at the phone he uses.

Manuka honey's potential to defeat a superbug may give it another advantage, but all may be fruitless if our bee population continues to decline.

Scientists who trekked to the Mount Everest region of Nepal last May have discovered the amazing effects meditation has on brain activity.

A Dark Age palace has been uncovered on the mythical birthplace of King Arthur strengthening the likelihood that the legend could be based on truth.

It seems bees have their own special brand of workplace bullying, with queens able to effectively control the fertility of their workers. Kiwi scientists reveal how it works.

DNA detective work has found a simple explanation to a long-standing mystery surrounding New Zealand's earliest domestic chooks.

There are growing concerns an orca calf could starve after being separated from its family about two weeks ago.

COMMENT: We owe it to coming generations to do as much as we can to repair the damage of the past and to re-create a New Zealand.

A pair of Kiwi scientists' dream of highways being filled with electric cars that drive without ever having to fill up or plug in has taken a big step closer to reality.

The secret of New Zealand's geological past has been found in the unlikely hiding place of a tiny native bird's DNA.

The US space physicist behind the Juno spacecraft's historic entry into Jupiter's orbit this month admits the whole concept seemed a pipe-dream at first.

COMMENT: Ninety per cent of strokes are avoidable if we actively reduce risk in these 10 key areas, says new research.

As if our crowing cousins across Ditch needed any more material to use against us, there's scientific evidence to say Australians stand higher than we do.

Doctors hope a new monitoring system will give clearer figures on the impact of the Zika virus on New Zealand children.

A study suggests a formula for physical activity and exercise can be spread out over the entire day.

Dwarf planet Ceres should be riddled with craters, but Nasa's scientists were surprised to find it was relatively smooth.

As well as being a focal point for many viral infections, the nasal cavity is also a rich ecosystem of 50 or so different species of bacteria.

The ninth birthday this week of Dolly the cloned sheep's four genetic siblings - Debbie, Denise, Diana and Daisy - prove that large cloned animals age normally, say scientists.

Aliens will be on the agenda when Great Barrier Island, population 939, brings the Pope's astronomer and other top scientists to a quirky public event.

A scientist shares five reasons we might find alien life this century - and five we reasons we might not.

Aliens will be on the agenda when Great Barrier Island, population 939, brings the Pope's astronomer and other top scientists to a quirky public event.

Scientists have a few words of warning for Government attempts to clear our islands of pests.

High obesity rates among Samoans are partly caused by genetics, scientists have discovered.

COMMENT: There is no greater crime being perpetuated on future generations than that committed by those who deny climate change.

The hip, orange super food displacing French fries.

Findings held true even for people who already showed signs of brain damage, according to studies.

A cure for asthma is on the horizon after scientists discovered a genetic switch which prevents the condition.

COMMENT: This week I experienced 3 days at -70C and zero humidity while measuring stardust and witnessing southern lights all within one 10-hour flight.

US researchers have combined tissues from a sea slug with flexible 3D printed components to build "biohybrid" robots that crawl like sea turtles on beach.