New elephants are coming to Auckland Zoo - but not everyone is happy about it. We look at the arguments for and against the council's $3.5 million new attractions

The ocean is growing ever-noisier and scientists are increasingly wary of sound's potential to impact sea life beyond just marine mammals.

CERN's director general believes that if the Higgs boson exists, the Large Hadron Collider will prove it by the end of 2012.

When a biochemist could not find the right skincare products to suit her, she took matters into her own hands. Now Olga Garkavenko has a blooming cosmetics business.

Scientists have been able to convert skin cells into liver cells, a breakthrough that could one day eliminate the need for organ transplants.

Some people are born happy, scientists say. Researchers have identified a "happiness gene" that makes people more likely to feel satisfied with their lives. Their sunny dispostion is an accident of birth, at least in part.

Deep probes may provide first signs of seismic or volcanic activity.

Could the amount of light in a classroom play an important role in the learning process?

Moon man Ken Ring has been forced into hiding after receiving death threats.