A technique just proven by NZ scientists on fruit flies could one day help wipe out pests.

The huge flying object reportedly burnt up off Auckland's west coast.

Peter Beck has swamped with attention ahead of the World Entrepreneur Of The Year awards.

Why do new words and phrases mysteriously appear in our everyday language?

Drinking just a couple of beers a day can cause problems for your brain, new study finds.

Is your cold particularly bad this year? It could be because you're lonely.

New Zealand has joined a sprawling effort to map the ocean floor of the entire world.

Bug kills about 500 New Zealanders, with Maori, men and the poor at greatest risk.

A name that matches your mug could be an odd secret ingredient to success in politics.

The modern humans are roughly 100,000 years older than other fossils of our species.

Where did your science teacher hail from? Hundreds of students are about to find out.

Antibiotic resistance from gonorrhoea is just 'a hair's breadth' away, researchers say.

KELT-9b is 10 times hotter than Venus, the planet that gets hottest in the solar system.

"Where's the money honey," asks one mayor over the cost of preparing for sea level rises.

Scientists reveal that subtlety, creativity are the secrets to successful chat-up lines.

COMMENT: Construction boom means we need strategies to offset 'urban heat island'.

The T rex pulverised bones by biting down with forces the weight of three small cars.

Factions inside and outside the White House didn't change Donald Trump's mind.

House-shaking noise still unexplained but evidence points to meteor as the culprit.

A strange character has been fished up from the depths of the ocean.

A former teacher is pushing for more science in schools. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Scientists spot 'super-Earth' planet just 21 light-years away.

Scientists have concluded that the Great Barrier Reef can no longer be saved.

Diagonal creases across your ear lobes are said to be a 'classic risk factor' for strokes.

Has cancer finally met its match? Jamie Morton goes inside the immunotherapy revolution.

A range of previous studies have suggested that tumours actually thrive off sugar.

Blue whales are the most massive animals to exist in the history of animals.

An alternative to costly IVF brings new hope to couples who are struggling to conceive.

A new work-out suit, the world's thinnest hologram and crackly crust.

Five leading figures in the science sector share their views on Budget 2017.