Science advisor to PM warns of pitfalls in using big data and analytics for social policy.

NZ scientists have made a surprise genetic finding that could help combat drug resistance.

New research could be a game-changer in the fight against malaria.

An Alpine Fault earthquake could cut the West Coast from the main grid for many weeks.

Elon Musk has revealed more details of his plans to establish first colony on Mars.

Washing your hands can also cleanse your brain of old ideas, a new study has revealed.

Biologists told of the worst smells they've faced while conducting field research.

COMMENT: Gwyneth Paltrow is not qualified to look after our health.

If you have a heart attack outside hospital in the future, you could be saved by a drone.

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.

A supercomputing upgrade will give researchers the data-crunching power of 16,000 laptops.

Nasa chose 12 new astronauts from its biggest pool of applicants ever.

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.

Queensland researchers have found a compound in an Australian plant that halts Zika virus.

By next week, an iceberg the size of the Auckland region could break free.

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.