New Zealand Health Survey showing that 31 per cent of our adults are obese and a further 35 per cent overweight.

Despite billions of dollars worth of research by tens of thousands of leading scientists, cancer still remains one of the world's biggest killers.

A researcher working on a new nano-scale magnetic material 1000 times thinner than human hair has been awarded a grant.

Barnacles on an abandoned kayak could help in the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared in 2014.

An ancient, metre-tall human discovered by a Kiwi and dubbed "the Hobbit" was an entirely separate species and not simply a deformed forebear of our race today.

The gravitational wave detector is the "quietest place known to humankind".

Claims that NZ scientists are being silenced is something seen around the world, says a renowned author, doctor and outspoken science commentator.

The world's largest flying observatory has arrived in New Zealand for a series of cutting-edge night-flying missions to help unlock the mysteries of the universe.

The predatory prehistoric creature Qingmendous could help us understand how our ancestors crawled onto land.

A team of Kiwi scientists hope to answer some of the biggest questions about our universe, by joining one of the most ambitious astronomy projects ever undertaken.

Study says extending hormone therapy to 10 years reduces breast-cancer recurrence, new cancers.

Could the same protein that helps fish survive in freezing conditions make frozen fruits and vegetables taste better?

The last time the amount of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere was at a level of 400 parts per million (ppm), sea levels were at least 10 metres higher than they are today.

Anna Magee looks beyond botox to the future of anti-ageing.

Scientists have found a startling reason for the thousands of quakes that have swarmed around a tiny eastern Bay of Plenty settlement over recent years.

130 scientists, entrepreneurs and policy leaders held an invitation-only, closed-door meeting at Harvard University to discuss an ambitious plan to create synthetic human genomes.

It's just like F1 GP, but smaller. Much smaller. US scientists have developed the first "nanocars" and then raced them against each other, as you would.

A clever effort by leading Kiwi scientists to speak out about big issues that will matter this century has paid off.

Two of New Zealand's top biomedical researchers have achieved what's considered a "gold medal" in global science.

What would life be like in a post-antibiotic era?

Facebook is gearing up to live chat astronauts on the International Space Station tomorrow afternoon.

As more people flock to the beaches and shark populations recover, one expert warns 2016 could set the world record for attacks.

Scientists are warning that the world could be in for an "antibiotic apocalypse", with a rise in drug-resistant superbugs killing an estimated 10 million people every year by 2050

As well as speeding up the time it takes to work, it could also reduce side effects of the pill.

Growing Up in New Zealand study director Susan Morton is tracking the development of almost 7000 children born seven years ago in the Upper North Island.

COMMENT: Last week, a report attempting to estimate historical catch in New Zealand's waters was released to wide-ranging interest.

It's a dilemma faced by many new parents: do they get up in the night to comfort their crying babies - or let them sob themselves to sleep?

Way below the water's surface north of the Hawaiian islands, a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) has spotted a massive creature hitherto unknown to science.

As research has found that wearable health devices are actually only 40-80 per cent accurate.