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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.

NZ-led expedition investigates how warming oceans could erode huge ice sheet.

Billionaires may be the future of space policy. Here is what they want from it:

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.

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.

Scientists exploring the Kermadec Trench believe they have retrieved the deepest ever sediment sample from the bottom of the ocean using a wire-deployed corer. The sample was obtained a week ago at 9994m deep in a mission that took six hours to complete. / Supplied by NIWA

Top scientist claims in 10 to 20 years, Western societies will rarely drink alcohol.

Comment: These theories were put to bed about 600 years ago.

Given the margins of error, the shark could have been born 500 years ago.

Innovating to make black paint that keeps cool in the sun a lucrative opportunity for NZ.

What could an NZ living wage look like? Researchers are now investigating the concept.

New Zealand scientists have found a new hope against a tide of invasive pests.

It's a test that was used to uncover and fight racism - but it might have been lying to us

Ancient Greeks knew the Earth was round, so why do so many celebrities think it's flat?

COMMENT: What the bubbles in your Champagne tell you.

Was St Nicholas a legend or was he a real person? Scientists have evidence for the latter.

Would you like some yeast and salt with your ice-cream?

NZ doesn't have a co-ordinated plan to adapt to future climate change, Govt report finds.

Nasa has announced it has found a new exoplanet in the Kepler star system.

It is offensive to doctors to suggest they use morphine for euthanasia.