Silent, slow-slip earthquakes could offer stress relief for under-pressure fault zones.

Researchers call for urgent action over an antipsychotic drug linked to 13 NZ deaths.

Launched in 2009, the Kepler space telescope is our first mission capable of identifying Earth-size planets around other stars. Source: NASA's Ames Research Center

Eruption could cost Auckland $10b and make the city even more vulnerable to disaster.

This Piha Beach crustacean shows some creatures can have tide-influenced body clocks.

Scott Base staff spent the weekend locked down in furious "Condition-1" weather.

We're using the wrong month - and calendar - to celebrate Matariki, two academics say.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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'.