The innovation's purpose is collecting fog to provide good-quality drinking water.

Secrets hidden in ancient moa droppings give clues to the birds' feeding habits.

What are tropical cyclones and how do we forecast them? Jamie Morton explains.

Sick of the stickiness? Here's where it comes from and why it makes us uncomfortable.

Unexplained decline in lower stratosphere worries scientists.

NZ DNA tech has been credited for a breakthrough in a brutal triple murder case in the US.

A Kiwi has proposed an approach that could help the hunt for other life in the universe.

NZ scientists raise questions over US study linking 2007 eruption to tidal cycles.

Models are increasingly suggesting NZ may be hit by what's left of Tropical Cyclone Gita.

Volcanic authorities are monitoring activity to manage risks and evacuations adequately.

Just the same as smoking tobacco or breathing in traffic fumes.

COMMENT: The indoor environment can have a huge impact on our productivity.

COMMENT: From rocket launches to crashing space station, we're in for a huge year in space

As SpaceX's rocket soared into space another man made a brave attempt to debunk science.

Easily available DNA tests are making it easier for people to discover their heritage.

Human trials begin on a vaccine that eliminates tumours with little to no side effects.

Curiosity Project Scientist Ashwin Vasavada gives a narration as Curiosity looks back over the journey so far. / Nasa JPL

Nasa has released a stunning image of what its Curiosity rover has been up to on Mars.

60,000+ structures hidden for centuries underneath Guatemala jungle have been discovered.

COMMENT: Sometimes you meet somebody new and instantly click with them.

Letting Fluffy roam free could be killing environmental cred among your neighbours.

As the Blacks Caps take on Aussie tonight, we look at the science of pace bowling.

NASA have released a panoramic view of the Gale Crater on Mars, from the Curiosity Rover

The astonishing thing is not what it means to us, but what it means to them.

January was the hottest month NZ has experienced since 1867, Dr Jim Salinger says.

New blood test could pick up Alzheimer's disease years before symptoms show.

Fault-line monitors at Dannevirke, Weber and Akitio part of major scientific programme.

Snow in Southern Alps melting earlier than usual thanks to scorching summer.

It's unclear if the shakes were Kaikoura aftershocks or typical Cook Strait seismicity.

Kiwis are world-famous for giving old words quirky new meaning. We give it heaps, in fact.