As diplomats in Paris began one of their last days to ink a climate treaty, something symbolic took place on the Bloomberg Carbon Clock -- the real-time estimate of the atmosphere's CO2 level.

Two passionate members of the New Zealand Antarctic Society are bound for Antarctica today.

Scientists claim that for the first time, they have programmed a machine to learn in the same way as humans.

Experts have found that being handsome can actually impede a man's professional progress.

Scientists just can't agree on whether video games will save you or kill you.

Not every aspect of climate science is completely resolved, and here are five questions that are guaranteed to get the experts going.

A crack along the Antarctic ice is making its way towards an isolated research station, threatening to plunge the scientists into the frozen seas.

What happens when you bring together close to 200 nations for one of the most pivotal summits in history? Organised chaos.

There's growing optimism in Paris over reaching a landmark agreement to spare future generations the worst impacts of climate change.

Australia would support a UN review of restricting global warming to 1.5C, despite holding firm on a less ambitious goal.

Parents, we report, are being urged to read to their kids over the holidays, or ensure they keep reading, to maintain their mental development.

Scientists have demonstrated how robots can learn much like tots do.

Many of us grew up without them, but most of us can't imagine our lives free of computers and smartphones helping to make things faster, easier and more efficient.

Study finds that people who post inspirational quotes on Facebook and Twitter "have lower levels of intelligence".

WATCH: Video shows national icon has a rather nasty mean streak.

China is taking steps to genetically engineer its own food supply rather than growing it the boring old traditional way.

It has been a century since Einstein presented his theory of general relativity but it is still helping us unveil some of the universe's mysteries.

A new web app called WordsEye can translate a few lines of user text about a scene into an artistic image using artificial intelligence.

A team of Kiwi scientists has set its sights on finding a safe and effective treatment for a group of rare but severe diseases.

Jamie talks to Paul Young of youth advocacy group Generation Zero about what climate change means for our young people.

Experts meet in Washington to set out a safe path ahead for technology that could lead to designer babies.

New funding announced helps scientists create next generation baby food that could help stop hungry infants waking during the night.

Scientists have warned that urban nature might not be replaced with museums, but digital equivalents such as images and sound recordings.

That fossil also happened to come from the same deposits as the world's oldest penguin, Waimanu

A study has found teenagers who use websites such as Facebook within 30 minutes of bedtime tend to perform worse than their peers in class.

New Zealand boosted its efforts in the field with the opening of AUT University's state-of-the-art neurocomputing lab - the NeuLab.

With the UN climate talks now underway in Paris, the Herald's science reporter Jamie Morton is talking to a range of experts on climate-related issues.

Honey bees are heaped with positive buzz for their pollinating efforts

Jamie Morton talks to Professor Ralph Sims about how New Zealand might slash emissions in its energy and transport sectors.

Jamie Morton talks to Professor Tim Naish about the major part the frozen continent has in the picture of climate change.