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.

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.

"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.

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.

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

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

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

Millions more dollars have gone into supporting New Zealand's work in Antarctica.

The Government's $373m spend on R & D in Budget 2017 is disappointing, an AUT expert says.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson has spoken ahead of his visit to New Zealand later this year.

A woman bought 'moon dust' NASA misplaced for $1400, now it could be worth $5.7m.