Physicist Andreas Wahl stood in front of a gun at point blank range to show what happens to bullet velocity under water.

Humans aren't going to last forever, no species ever has. It's hard for me to believe there's anything afterwards.

Is there truth in the adage about your wife becoming your mother-in-law?

A scientist has looked into how long it would take for the secrets of major conspiracies to leak, if the events were indeed fake.

The Cavendish banana is facing extinction from a deadly fungus and may have to be genetically engineered into a new variant, experts say.

Scientists analyzing dinosaur fossils believe they've figured out why some had cumbersome horns and frills: to attract mates.

Kiwi scientists are sampling Sub-Antarctic trees to better understand the mysterious Antarctic Convergence.

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly uses hydrophobic paddles to move a ball of water on the International Space Station.

Inside the rear cargo bay at Scott Base's Hillary Field Centre, it sounds - and feels - like an anti-aircraft gun is letting loose just a few metres away.

Are we willing to accept such compromises when watching science fiction? I guess it depends on how captivating the movie is and how pedantic we are.

Could more science be slipped into science fiction, including the Star Wars movies, without spoiling the fun? Michael Brown investigates.

A study on mice has revealed the class A drug can trigger out of control "autography", a process which causes cells to digest themselves.

Near the margin where Pram Point drops on to the McMurdo ice shelf stands a small shack, set against a dramatic and ever-changing Antarctic backdrop.

It's not the alarm clock's fault that you're not getting enough sleep.

If Spider-Man were real, he would be forever falling off vertical walls and struggling to maintain credibility as a superhero, research suggests.

The penthouse has long been associated with wealth and prestige, but a new study suggests it could actually be the death of its inhabitants.

Call it extreme geology: a team of Kiwi scientists is venturing to a remote part of Antarctica to dig up ancient evidence of a warmer world.

Falcon 9 rocket come close - but not close enough - to making the first sea landing of a booster rocket.

The biggest creature to ever walk the surface of the earth is revealed at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

Elon Musk's SpaceX Falcon 9 booster had a "hard landing" and broke a landing leg on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean.

Sewing "thermal undies" for a drone is just one way Kiwi scientists have overcome the extremes of Antarctica to capture the frozen continent's delicate plant-life from the air.

An Auckland biodiversity student is part of a team of scientists researching and monitoring humpback whales and their migration in the Cook Islands.

Herald science reporter Jamie Morton is spending the next week in Antarctica and will be filing a regular diary from Scott Base. Here is his second entry.

A simple jab could stop cravings for alcohol, cigarettes and junk food, say scientists.

Freezing wind storms. Temperatures plunging to -40C. Months of perpetual daylight or darkness. These brutal, barely imaginable conditions seem positively Martian.

Self-drive is set to take on a whole new meaning, transforming our cities, unclogging our roads and changing our very idea of car ownership.

Herald science reporter Jamie Morton will be filing regular stories from Antarctica's Scott Base over the next week, along with a daily diary entry. Here is his first.

Minerals released by giant icebergs capturing carbon is slowing the rate of global warming.