Scientists have analysed hundreds of harmful microplastics found on Wellington's shores.

COMMENT: Scientists have created the first complete genetic blueprint of the rose.

Sharing music with your kids when they're young can help you get along when they're older.

An overwhelming majority of doctors are confident in childhood immunisation, study finds.

NZ scientists believe they've picked up the sounds of rarely sighted beaked whales.

Even in the cold and dark of an Antarctic winter, melting can still happen. Here's how.

A Mt Taranaki eruption could see fast-moving, hot ash flows spreading kilometres around.

One of NZ's most endangered seabirds may be under greater threat than previously thought.

NZ experts question new US study on Taupo suggesting "super-eruptions" are well signalled.

Tracy Banner explains what makes a great beer.

Dopamine release makes us feel good but too much of a good thing can be bad too.

In central Otago is a tiny team of scientists analysing the data that concerns NZ.

Kiwi Delwyn Moller returning home to use discoveries from space to help life in NZ

Better testing and information needed on chemical contamination near Ohakea, lawyer says.

There's a huge hole in our defence strategy and "we will be hit".

Decision was made despite Trump directing space agency to focus on a return to the moon.

The endless energy children seem to have is the subject of a new study

Could op-eds like those in this newspaper change you long-term view on certain issues?

Sir David Attenborough wants NZ and Oz to document all species before it's too late.

Urine from 4.8m dairy cows putting 200 tonnes of leached nitrogen into groundwater daily.

Anti-vaxxers have similar ideas of being persecuted as conspiracy theorists, study finds.

A Kiwi company's novel anti-ageing drug could play a big role in preventing heart disease.

Kiwis cite everything from cash savings to Donald Trump in explaining their switch to EVs.

Aliens, seals or a portal to another dimension... what are these circles in Arctic ice?

People can help save the Waitakere Ranges' dieback-threatened kauri - by avoiding them.

Sewage analysis offering valuable insights into drug use, disease and obesity by region.

Experts have called for a new unit to oversee government-run AI predictive tools.

COMMENT: Science is based on research and facts and used to describe the world.

Food expert warns Britons 'may forget how to cook' within two generations.

Aurora Australis Facebook group now has almost 20,000 members around the world.