Study targeting Maori and Pacific kids could lead to better treatment for killer disease.

In our Science Made Simple series, we talk to Professor Cather Simpson about lasers.

Why can't we swim at so many Auckland beaches - and what's being done about it?

Excessive exposure to UV radiation will burn the skin and can lead to skin cancer.

In our Science Made Simple series, we talk to mathematical modeller Dr Alex James.

January is an exciting month for space fans with the possible launch of a very big rocket.

Understanding prehistoric global warming events could tell us much about Earth's future.

Why do we over-eat? NZ scientists hope to pinpoint the cause of eating for pleasure.

In our Science Made Simple series, we talk to top microbiologist Dr Heather Hendrickson.

It's meant warmer surf, but what has the marine heatwave meant for ocean species?

Our NZ wrens are famously tiny - but they could be key to answering some big questions.

Why do men and women suffer stress differently? Brain researchers aim to solve the puzzle.

We look at 10 species Kiwis might be lucky enough to see out in the wild this summer.

Is there such a thing as "healthy" marketing for children? A new study aims to find out.

Poorly-understood threat posed by volcano-driven tsunamis focus of cutting-edge study.

EDITORIAL: Valuable primary sector requires protection, at border and inside farm gate.

NZ researchers recreate what's thought to be the first computer-generated Christmas music.

Could robots change way we think? Researchers fear AI could hijack our language.

Ten beach sites in Auckland among those listed as unsafe.

Man who led secret government programme to combat UFO attacks says 'we may not be alone'.

Three slow slips were triggered following the Kaikoura earthquake last November.

Weta Workshop & Te Papa's blockbuster Bug Lab exhibition opens at Auckland Zoo.

UCOL nursing graduates are finding success in the working world.

Soon, we will get to see an actual black hole for the very first time.

Space rock whose strange cigar-shape led to speculations it could be an alien spacecraft.

Cafe estimates $1000 loss of sugar a year to birds. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Experts have set out potential ways gene-editing technology could be used in New Zealand.

MP Shane Jones says the "tangi of the kauri" could be at hand.

"It accelerated like nothing I've ever seen." Pilots in video released from Pentagon.

Scientists have gathered a sediment sample from deep below the Pacific Ocean's surface.