Suspecting natural fibres are better for skin than synthetic ones isn't woolly thinking.

The University of Auckland will look at how land is moving on 10 slopes around the city.

Autonomous vehicles are on the roads - but experts divided on when they'll replace cars.

Scientists around the globe are on alert for a new and potentially deadly pathogen.

It could kill thousands, but there's much about our main geological threat we don't know.

OPINION: Understanding how tattoos remain in skin could help develop removal techniques.

Can't put your phone down? This might be why.

NZ among countries investing in "space-breaking" project.

Kiwi scientists return from Antarctica with important new climate-change insights.

Lawrence Krauss was due to speak on a double-bill with Richard Dawkins in May.

Scientists set to install listening posts deep in the high-risk Hikurangi Subduction Zone.

Two options offer areas for new reserves, but environment group calls process "flawed".

Could NZ have a tsunami early warning system? A visiting Japanese scientist thinks so.

Where do assaults happen in NZ and what's that got to do with bars and deprivation?

A molecule just identified by NZ scientists could boost our bodies' response to vaccines.

Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking says he knows what happened before the dawn of time.

Strange snow markings on Erebus not linked to plane crash

COMMENT: Eating too many calories is one of the major contributors to weight gain.

Those drawn to leaders like Trump more likely to wrinkle noses at unpleasant body odour.

COMMENT: Rash of signs may at last prod council and public into fixing the issue.

COMMENT: The "evidence" suggesting cats are killing our native birds is shonky.

New trial investigates whether fish oil in pregnancy can combat weight problems in kids.

Otago yields new goldmine of a different kind - two long-lost bird species.

Life on Mars is feasible after discovering bacteria living in the driest place on Earth.

Triplets have won "twice over" with scholarships and fees-free study at AUT.

Arctic temperatures are warmer than ever recorded in February.

Celebrity atheist Lawrence Krauss' NZ tour up in the air after the two NZ hosts bail.

During Earth's last big warming cycle, something dramatic happened in the Southern Ocean.

NZ could slash its greenhouse gas emissions by kick-starting a major biofuels industry.

The message sends hope that by 2060 our climate is not in a state of disarray.