Who we find attractive isn't determined by some complex genetic construct, but simply by our own personal experiences.

After months of pilot programmes OMGTech! launched their nationwide initiative to enable access for all children in NZ to learn advanced technology.

Kiwi space company Rocket Lab may be flying spacecraft to the lunar surface as soon as 2017.

Our biggest fund for blue sky research is boosting scientific output in New Zealand, but there's plenty of room to improve.

Babies are more active in the uterus when a pregnant mother lies on her left side than on her back, according to important new research.

New Zealand receives big warning it's gazing down the barrel of the worst El Nino summer since the calamitous 1997/98 event.

Notable family's large donation helps repair telescope damaged in 2011 Christchurch earthquake.

Doctor's "inclusive and unselfish" work to inspire female immunologists rewarded.

A new experiment has created a cloak that, for the first time, can hide small objects of any shape completely from visible light.

Scientists are pitting a tiny Chinese bug against a pest shrub believed to worsen respiratory problems in a world-first Waikato trial.

The discovery of water seeping out of the steep slopes of Mars could be an indication of life on the red planet, a Kiwi astronomer says.

A major Kiwi study will examine whether a standard type of treatment used on heart attack patients actually helps.

New Zealanders are being called upon to help save our national icon by reporting kiwi sightings to conservationists.

Dr Michelle Dickinson this week launches one of her proudest inventions - a new charity that will connect our kids with technology and hands-on innovation.

Work is to start on removing human bones from a restaurant building site at Auckland's Long Bay Regional Park.

The tiny native bird, which is only slightly larger than a house sparrow, features in a new study in the leading scientific journal Animal Behaviour

Women could be offered new treatments to prevent breast cancer returning following a crucial discovery by scientists.

Whenever I'm asked if I have any dietary restrictions I always reply with "yes, I don't diet".

A Kiwi inventor's quest for cash to pay for incubators has attracted a helping hand from a father with reason to be grateful.

If AgResearch were to disappear from the face of the earth, there would hardly be a ripple in New Zealand agriculture, writes Dick Wilkins. This is a tragedy, and the only solution is to disband AgResearch as we know it.

Kiwi scientists have mapped in great detail a huge area of seafloor northeast of Auckland - equivalent to the size of Israel.

24 per cent of New Zealanders have reported feeling tired on a daily basis in a Southern Cross Healthcare Group survey.

A man confined to a wheelchair is able to walk again after United States scientists reconnected his brain and legs.

A new study of NZ's six major wine-growing regions has uncovered an hidden factor in what sets the flavours and aromas of vintages in different regions.

What came first, the skin or the teeth? When it comes to tooth enamel, that's been a big question for decades. Now there may be an answer.

Bigger waves and more coastal erosion will hit Pacific countries like New Zealand as a projected upsurge of severe El Nino brings an increase in storm events.

There's been emerging evidence showing that a healthy diet can reduce the risk of depression and cognitive decline.

Not one student at Gloriavale school has gone beyond Year 11 in the past three years sparking fresh calls for an investigation.

A rare astrological event next week could herald the end of days, according to some Christian groups.