OpinionTherapeutic robotsAn interactive therapeutic robot, the Food and Drug Administration have categorised them as a class II medical device.08 Apr 05:00 PM
New ZealandWatch: NZ spider has fastest jaws in the WestWATCH: They don't look like much, but these tiny trap-jaw spiders found only in NZ and southern South America are the Beauden Barretts of the arachnid world.07 Apr 05:00 PM
LifestyleAll downhill after baby's first sugar hitWhy is it that by the time millions of us are adults, we are subsisting on diets full of saturated fats and processed sugars?07 Apr 05:00 PM
WorldTired of life on Earth? You could try MarsIt would take six to eight months' travel by rocket, if the planet is lined up with Earth in the right way.06 Apr 08:09 PM
Lifestyle5 most poisonous substances in the worldHere is a list of substances that are more poisonous than their LD50 values might indicate.06 Apr 01:25 AM
WorldResearchers create functioning skinLast year, in a lab in Japan, a mouse grew hair.05 Apr 05:00 PM
LifestyleWhy our fear of heights increases as we ageScared of looking down more than you used to be?05 Apr 12:53 AM
LifestyleIs there finally a cure for baldness?A breakthrough development in growing skin in labs could mean a lifetime with a full head of hair.04 Apr 03:45 AM
OpinionHow science can make your cooking betterFood is actually an engineered structure, consisting of water, proteins, carbohydrates and fats that each undergo a series of changes during mixing, whipping and cooking.01 Apr 07:40 PM
New ZealandRough touch turns us softUS researchers have confirmed a strange link between touching rough surfaces and feeling for others, which could help charities raise more money.01 Apr 04:00 PM
TechnologyWhat it's like to walk on MarsVisitors to an upcoming Mars exhibit at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center will be able to explore several sites on the red planet, reconstructed using real imagery from Nasa's Curiosity Mars Rover.01 Apr 04:00 PM
LifestyleWhy waking up in the dark makes you tiredIs your morning routine feeling like more of a battle lately?31 Mar 08:05 PM
New ZealandKids keep busy in robot labWith the touch of a button and a whirring sound, the robot was off.30 Mar 04:30 PM
New ZealandExpressway dig unearths human remainsWork on the Huntly section of the Waikato Expressway unearthed a human skull today, which appears to have been buried in a kumara pit.30 Mar 04:23 AM
WorldMap shakes up views on frackingEarthquakes are a natural hazard - except when they're man-made.29 Mar 04:00 PM
LifestyleWhy 5sec rule is a mythFood that's only touched the floor for five seconds is okay to eat, isn't it?29 Mar 04:40 AM
New ZealandThe suburbs best for solar panelsLeafy suburbs like Parnell might be seen as Auckland's elite neighbourhoods but more affordable areas have the upper hand in something, it seems.28 Mar 04:00 PM
New ZealandWhy ugly parasites also need savingNew study shows challenging the immune systems of kakapo and other endangered species may help bring them back from the brink.28 Mar 03:22 AM
TechnologyVolcano hiding explosive secretThe explosive history of Rangitoto has again been rewritten, after scientists recovered buried clues of ancient blasts deep below the Island.27 Mar 04:00 PM
LifestyleArtificial bug 'lets scientist billionaire design new forms of life'Bugs capable of everything from curing diseases to mopping up pollution are a step closer after scientists created an artificial lifeform in a lab.27 Mar 12:30 AM
New ZealandIs this the weirdest planet in the galaxy?The extrasolar planet HD 20782, about 117 light years from Earth.25 Mar 04:00 PM
OpinionNano Girl: Making small changes could see a decrease in premature deathsIn 2012 in New Zealand, 3137 deaths, 11 per cent, were attributable to environmental factors.25 Mar 04:00 PM
New ZealandCity birds smarter than country birdsThe team tested the two groups of birds using not only associative learning tasks, but innovative problem-solving tasks.25 Mar 04:00 PM
New ZealandAntarctica Q&A: Dr Rebecca PriestleyAward-winning science writer Dr Rebecca Priestley's new anthology of Antarctic science, Dispatches from Continent Seven, starts out with her own experience on the ice.25 Mar 01:25 AM
New ZealandWatch: Beautiful people really are the centre of attentionStudy finds people more likely to mingle with people with similar physical traits — including levels of attractiveness.Watch24 Mar 01:06 AM
LifestyleWhy do we kiss with our eyes closed?Psychologists reveal why we close our eyes when locking lips.24 Mar 12:42 AM
New ZealandBeautiful women DO attract crowdsKiwi researchers have used an elaborate stadium experiment to show that beautiful people really are the centre of attention when it comes to how we mingle.24 Mar 12:30 AM
LifestyleWhy do songs get stuck in our heads?The science behind this and five other long-pondered questions.23 Mar 03:00 AM
LifestyleThe 8 week diet that can reverse diabetesNew findings are being described as a "paradigm shift" in the understanding of diabetes.22 Mar 01:55 AM
World66m years since Earth last suffered thisWe are releasing carbon into the atmosphere at an alarming rate, and we will soon eclipse the only known "thermal maximum".21 Mar 09:18 PM
WorldTroops plead for 'invisibility cloak'British troops have been testing material so advanced it hides soldiers from infra-red and heat-seeking devices.20 Mar 04:00 PM
TechnologyCracking more secrets of PlutoNew Horizons spacecraft has transmitted spectacular images back that reveal surprises. Here's a summary of just a few scientific results to date.20 Mar 04:00 PM
TechnologyStrange but true: Ocean's ugliest sea monster?The so-called Tully Monster could be the most repulsive looking creature to ever have roamed the oceans.18 Mar 04:00 PM
