Scientists want to find out whether bits of plastic junk commonly found inside the stomachs of seabirds is killing them.

A new Kiwi-led study has found a third of pups born to rats fed high doses of very rancid fish oil during pregnancy did not survive beyond two days.

Forty light years away in the constellation Aquarius, a trio of planets orbit a small, cool star. They are worlds quite unlike our

Could this breakthrough allow women to become mothers in their 50s or 60s?

New precision could immediately aid neurosurgeons in removal of tumours and epilepsy treatment.

Researchers got people drunk or high, then made a fascinating discovery about how we respond.

The collaborative Interact Centre of Technology Excellence is to be launched tonight by hosts Auckland University of Technology (AUT).

John Bray might have just solved a long-standing mystery about what happens when massive stars die.

Do we need to be worried about pieces of junk falling out of space and into our atmosphere?

It was the greatest extinction event the world had ever known, wiping out more than 90% of marine life and around two thirds of animals on land.

A Kiwi scientist has helped develop artificial intelligence to highlight fresh potential hotspots for Ebola and other bat-borne filoviruses.

Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft has captured stunning images of the surface of Pluto, give a glimpse into what life may be like on the dwarf planet.

A US researcher has discovered how to control multiple robotic drones using the human brain.

Two pathfinding odysseys are circling the globe in unconventional carriers.

If you've been out in your local neighbourhood this week, you may have wondered if the zombie apocalypse was upon us.

Investigation by a team of Kiwi researchers has found solid evidence to back an intriguing approach used to alleviate phantom limb pain in amputees.

A leading New Zealand researcher may have found a powerful new weapon to combat deadly, drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis.

A record breeding season for New Zealand and the world's population of lovable but critically endangered kakapo has seen their numbers shoot up by an amazing 28 per cent to 157 individuals.

In 2006 Stelarc, 70, had an artificial ear construction inserted into his arm as an art project.

Hollywood wants our dinosaurs to roar like elephants, but the truth may be more bird-like.

A Dunedin-based neurosurgeon is investigating whether tiny devices implanted in the brain can stop alcoholics' cravings.

NZ company Rocket Lab is a step closer to lift off, today saying it had done a deal for three satellite launches .

COMMENT: There is a very real concern that judges and juries will view brain scans as hard evidence.

A massive earthquake called an "active megathrust fault" is posing a genuine threat to southern Asia.

Sheep, hills, remoteness and rockets. New Zealand is about to blast off from distant Mahia and into the world's $350 billion space economy.

COMMENT: The International Association for the study of Pain describes pain as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with tissue damage.

New Zealanders think micro-brewed beer isn't just any old beer but a deep and meaningful experience to be treasured.

Way out in space, so far that it takes a message nearly an hour to reach earth, the Nasa craft Juno is doing what the classical mythologists anticipated.

John Paul College and Waikite Valley School have been awarded Bayer Science Fund Grants to help with environmental science projects. John

From Antarctica to Africa, AUT scientists carry out cutting-edge mapping projects to aid conservation effort.