Fisherman and seafaring residents of the Louisiana shoreline despair as a vast oil slick approaches.

Questions are sure to be raised about a self-policing system that trusted a commercial oil operator to take care of its own mishap.

Flash is no longer necessary to watch video or consume any kind of web content, says Apple CEO Steve Jobs

Police have raided the home of a blogger who revealed details of Apple's fourth generation iPhone ahead of its unveiling.

California geology officials have released an updated seismic activity map that they hope will improve earthquake preparedness.

Smoking, drinking too much, inactivity and poor diet can collectively age you by 12 years.

Emergency crews are using a robot submarine to try to stop an oil leak nearly 2km below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico.

A US jury has found a NZ doctoral student guilty of slashing his wife's throat and setting their home ablaze to destroy evidence.

Inuit actor, artist and teacher Natar Ungalaaq tells Peter Calder about storytelling and cultural isolation.

Defence and prosecution psychiatrists disagree on the sanity of a NZ post graduate student accused of murdering his wife in the US.

A compromise being negotiated by the IWC could save 5000 whales over the next ten years

Claims of Blazej Kot's mental state when he killed his wife have been examined in a New York court.

The New Zealand dollar edged up against the greenback overnight, but remained largely within the US71c to US71.50c band where it has spent most of the time since Monday night.

Opening with a quick tempo and dusty vocals that could have been plucked from a 60s track, It's Working is the first sign MGMT no longer see themselves as a New York pop duo on a sugar-high.