"Surprise meteor shower" in New Zealand sparks hunt for unknown ice ball orbiting in space.

There may be a silver lining to all that misbehaviour.

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It's good news for chocolate lovers.

Recent research into happiness reveals some intriguing patterns.

Scientists have turned to an intriguing place to source cheaper, more efficient energy - blazing-hot magma kilometres below the ground.

A researcher filmed himself burrowing into a wasp nest sparking a massive swarm of fury.

A new study reveals the fear of losing money is all the incentive people need for weight loss.

A sense of 'alarm and panic' is being felt at the Pacific Climate Change Conference as rising sea levels threaten small nations.

Why has one of our largest endangered bird species just become two new ones?

"How does taking a bath among native bush and listening to the sound of tui, kaka, woodpigeon and morepork appeal?"

Student and surfer Debbie Remnant says her project to understand surfing injuries is a "real passion".

The latest big quake comes after more than 15,000 others, most of them too weak to be felt, in an aftershock sequence triggered by the 2010 Darfield earthquake.

Antarctica is the coldest, most remote and naturally hostile place. What kind of maniac would choose to live there? Jamie Morton went there to find out.

Well-known atheist and biologist has been forced to cancel his upcoming New Zealand tour due to health problems.

The discovery of gravity waves could "revolutionise astronomy", says Professor Stephen Hawking.

The announcement that gravitational waves have been directly captured for the first time, from the collision of two black holes, opens a new age of astronomy, writes Dr David Wiltshire.

After decades of effort scientists have succeeded in detecting gravitational waves from the violent merging of two black holes in deep space.

Scientists announced Thursday that, after decades of effort, they have succeeded in detecting gravitational waves from the violent merging of two black holes in deep space.

The hotly-anticipated confirmation of "ripples" wiggling through the fabric of space-time would be one of the most important discoveries of the past century: NZ physicist.

Like a zombie, the Milky Way galaxy may already be dead but it still keeps going.

Scientists have found a long-awaited explanation as to why humans have for centuries maintained orderly societies: the fear of an angry god.

Does learning to walk and talk early signal academic excellence in adulthood?

Heart disease kills more people in New Zealand than in most other OECD countries, according to a recent international OECD health report.

Queen Elizabeth has it. So does fashion designer Victoria Beckham. And actress Kristen Stewart - poor thing, she's practically the poster girl.

How good's your eyesight? This optical illusion could reveal if you need glasses.