GNS Science seismologist Dr John Ristau has answered your earthquake questions in a live chat.

Even the Large Hadron Collider - 18,000km away in Switzerland - reported "feeling" the earthquake.

Scientists investigating the mechanics of the earthquake say it faulted in the same way the February 22, 2011, Christchurch Earthquake did.

Kiwi experts are on the front lines fighting the "antibiotic apocalypse".

COMMENT: Scientists have taken phytoremediation one step further by combining it with nanobionics - the process of modifying biology with engineering.

While post-election US has already been compared to an episode from The Walking Dead, researchers have worked out what a zombie apocalypse would look like.

A National Geographic documentary series following Kiwi scientists in Antarctica premiered at Scott Base and in Christchurch this evening.

Horror parasites brainwash their victims, driving them to kill themselves. And they're in your backyard.

For the first time, scientists will construct a detailed picture stretching back more than 500 years of how we've affected our most important fisheries species - potentially genetically.

Ultra-sensitive fibre-optic sensors extending nearly a kilometre below the Southern Alps will transform what we know about one of the biggest earthquake threats facing New Zealand.

A study of 12 million Facebook users suggests that using Facebook is associated with living longer - when it serves to maintain and enhance your real-world social ties.

Vegetarians have often argued that their diet is more environmentally friendly, but a carbon footprint study reveals how friendly our food really is.

Scientists have struck upon a simple equation that shows the true effect of greenhouse gases.

Kiwis are set to be treated with the most spectacular "supermoon" since 1948 - if bad weather doesn't hide it from us.

A Kiwi expedition to the far-flung Kermadec Islands has put scientists up close with some of the ocean's most fascinating residents.

Research to find new Earth-like planets, clean up our waterways and boost our health have just received $65 million from the Marsden Fund. We look at 10 of the best.

Scientists who sought to solve mysteries about hammerhead sharks were only left with another when one of the first adults ever tagged ended up eluding them.

With rain that would feel like 'death by a thousand cuts' this planet would be terrible to visit.

A wayward scientific instrument has completed a remarkable year-long journey across the Tasman Sea, delighting the Aussie researchers who thought it'd been lost for good.

Pickled grey matter has given scientists incredible insight to dinosaur brains.

Kiwi scientists have brought their pest-busting expertise to a spectacular Pacific atoll formerly owned by late legendary actor Marlon Brando.

New Zealand is punching above its weight in its output of top-quality research, with a new index ranking the country above larger nations like Saudi Arabia and South Africa.

Kiwi scientists are simulating how New Zealand's coastal environment will respond to potentially disastrous effects of acidification caused by climate change.

Researchers claim they have discovered the answer to the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle.

A New Zealand-based researcher is investigating "moonquakes" - a curious lunar phenomenon first discovered by Nasa's Apollo missions.

Scientists have deployed a high-tech, remote-controlled jet boat to solve long-standing mysteries about a postcard New Zealand glacier.

Astronomers can't see "Planet Nine". But it makes its presence known.

Researchers have created a model to reveal how climate change could combine the same weather patterns that led to a $1.3 billion drought.

For as long as there have been lights in the night sky, humans have been coming up with names for them.

Internet sensation Jamie Curry is teaming up with a top Kiwi journalist for an adventure to the coldest, driest, windiest continent on the planet.