The prototype is now going through an approval process and could be available next month.

A fascinating new interactive sets out three likely explanations for Auckland's outbreak.

New model simulates chaos a major Alpine Fault quake would cause for South Island roads.

The ozone hole over Antarctica is at its widest and deepest in years. Will that affect us?

La Nina and another possible marine heatwave make for a high-impact combination.

National's Parmjeet Parmar says Govt should intervene in proposed Massey science cuts.

Experts say it's the everyday things that matter.

Researchers have pored over 300,000 cannabis-related NZ tweets - with humorous results.

Cuts proposed by Massey today could spell biggest hit to science academics in NZ history.

Experts question whether some measures to combat Covid-19 should remain mandatory.

Scientists Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice win Nobel medicine prize.

With NZ's Covid-19 tests nearing one million, could these three solutions make an impact?

NZ company secures $3.3m in private funding to progress homegrown Covid-19 vaccine.

NZ faces growing extreme heat risk "blindfolded" unless we reassess it, scientist says.

Hopes the new discovery will help those identified high-risk to get protective treatment.

"They're not going to just sit around and watch to see if he gets sick."

The US president ticks the boxes for several major risk factors for severe Covid.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Nope, it's a ruinously expensive toilet for astronauts.

A clever new model quietly developed with Govt may change how NZ responds to outbreaks.

Te Tai Tokerau MP focuses on building on initiatives already rolled out by the Govt.

'Our job is to take the fiction out of the science fiction,' NZ space project head says.

The north could be in for a wet summer - and the south a dry one - as La Niña forms up.

NZ researchers compared engagement on porn sites and YouTube - with surprising results.

NZ scientists launch a major project to make climate-friendly 'green' hydrogen a reality.

NZ would be deep underwater if it had a tectonic "anchor" like Australia pulling it down.

A new study highlights an ethnic divide over attitudes toward GPs and vaccination safety.

Honing in on pests' unique personalities could help us kill more of them, new study finds.

Conservationists warn as many as half a million sharks could be killed to make a vaccine.