What causes usually calm people to become angry on the roads?

Corporate control of agriculture, new viruses and climate change have been singled out among a long list of big threats to pollinators in a new horizon-scanning study co-authored by a Kiwi scientist.

Scientists have just discovered two new species of a glow-in-the-dark fish family found deep in waters near New Zealand.

New Zealand's native falcon isn't one species but two sub-species that live separately on the North Island and South Island, a new study confirms.

Patients battling advanced breast cancer could be spared needless treatments with a clever DNA-based technique that uses personalised blood tests to closely monitor tumours.

Mothers who have had a c-section or are raising a child on their own have significantly higher levels of stress hormones in their breast milk, says research.

What happens when we introduce artificial intelligence (AI) into the mix?

Hannah Collins, 11, died after she was exposed to Naegleria fowleri while splashing into the waters of a South Carolina river.

In early 2014, a blogger launched a petition pushing sandwich chain Subway to remove an obscure chemical also used in yoga mats from its bread.

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.

Does an ancient race of reptilian psychos run the world? Paul Little goes inside the world of conspiracy theorists.

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.

Calling climate sceptics "deniers" is done with the intention of putting them in the same class as "Holocaust deniers".

The unusual warmth that dominated our climate last summer has had alarmingly apparent impacts on the South Island's postcard glaciers and mountain snowlines.

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.