A British medical laboratory scientist who worked illegally in New Zealand for five years has been censured and deregistered.

A shark attack expert says Western Australia's policy is like the Hollywood blockbuster movie 'Jaws'.

A proposed mission to the moon led by British scientists could pave the way for the construction of a lunar observatory.

It took months of planning, a nine-hour surgery and a team of 35 clinicians. But by the end, they had completed a ground-breaking double arm transplant on a quadruple amputee.

This year is set to be the hottest on record globally, with climate scientists pointing to rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide as the most likely cause.

Kiwi scientists have attracted global attention for shedding new light on how our cells switch their genes on and off - an important step to understanding disease.

Scientists studying the DNA of Richard III, whose body was found buried beneath a Leicester car park, have revealed that there was marital infidelity among his descendants.

A new way of treating incurable illnesses such as cancer and Ebola could be possible after a scientific breakthrough that also sheds light on the origin of life.

Peter Schwerdtfeger's love of chemistry first caused the evacuation of his family's apartment block. Last night, it won him New Zealand's highest science honour.

Scientists have created a miniature model of human pain in the form of nerve cells growing in a laboratory dish.

From his office window Mick Clout can see the outline of Hauraki Gulf islands in the hazy distance.

Mankind may have already accomplished the giant leap of walking on the moon, but a group of scientists and entrepreneurs is hoping to boldly go where no one has gone before.

There are many things in life that involve winners and losers, such as the All Blacks versus Wales this weekend.

Two whales, which lived more than 20 million years ago, have been identified by Otago University researchers.

Next to a Ford Thunderbird convertible and among hand-built models of the solar system a Kiwi engineer is helping streamline an invention that will save thousands of babies in Third World countries.

Academics think that kissing helps partners share bacteria, shoring up their immune systems and enabling them to better fight disease.

A symposium being held today at Massey University will discuss the potential "de-extinction" of NZ birds, with the huia sitting at the top of the list.

The Government is pouring $139m into 48 of NZ's most promising research programmes. The projects, if successful, will benefit a range of NZ businesses.

DNA samples from an exceptionally well-preserved extinct Mammuthus found in Siberia, have raised the prospect of cloning.

Snow-capped Mt Taranaki stands out in this view from space in a new book.

It’s pitch black and Kina Scollay is in a cage at the bottom of the ocean as huge shapes emerge from the darkness.

An intelligent arm brace adding extra muscle by flexing, as we do, will be created in a landmark German-Kiwi collaboration.

European space engineers hope to carry out carefully programmed manoeuvres over the coming hours and days to rescue the Philae lander from its precarious position on the comet.

A doctor from Sierra Leone with United States residency infected with Ebola may travel to the US to be treated for the deadly virus, medical officials say.

Angela Merkel is delivering a lecture to about 260 people at Auckland University's Maidment Theatre.

The latest wearable sensor technology from the University of Auckland will be combined with mechanisms that enable movement provided by Franhofer Institute.

Soon after modern computers evolved in the 1940s, futurists predicted that machines would be as smart as humans. The consensus now is that it's going to happen..in just a few decades.