Kiwi scientists have been using satellite images to count far away endangered albatrosses.

Children's brains can't judge traffic, writes Michelle Dickinson.

Just how bad will the incursion of myrtle rust be for New Zealand? Two experts explain.

NZ's cyclone season has been back-loaded, but ultimately close to normal, NIWA says.

Professor Stephen Hawking has made an ominous warning to the human race.

Cure for eczema on horizon after new discovery from scientists.

Tensions between street prostitutes and communities will be explored in a new study.

Whangaparaoa was drenched with nearly five times its normal April rainfall, figures show.

Scientists claim to have identified the offending enzyme and a way to block it.

Dara Orbach and colleagues have uncovered the secret of how cetaceans do the deed.

"Annoying" relations can increase your chance of developing dementia, research has found.

A baby who was not expected to live after open-heart surgeries has started school.

A YouTube series following vlogger Jamie Curry's Antarctic adventures has proven a hit.

A man who was born totally deaf will graduate with a Masters at Auckland University today.

Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla, headhunted a teacher to start an innovative school.

Fascinating video reveals what happens in an average minute.

A neuroscientist claims he will be able to "wake up" cryogenically frozen brains.

A Canadian researcher has come up with a mathematical model for a viable time machine.

After April's deluge, rainfall between now and July is set to be closer to normal.

Super bug threat needs strong response, microbiologists say.

What is cyber psychology? A world-renowned expert visiting New Zealand explains.

One of the closest active faults to Dunedin is not giving up its secrets easily.

Two leading scientists discuss today's report into our under-pressure rivers and lakes.

A gecko smuggled from home in Otago, taken to Germany and returned is set to be named.

A waxworm is capable of eating through the material at "uniquely high speeds".

WATCH: A stadium-sized balloon launch has gone ahead in Wanaka.

Hundreds of images taken from the air have helped to recreate NZ base at Antarctica.

Supplied by NASA. The balloon inflates to 18.8 million cubic feet, about the size of Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium. The balloon will ascend to an altitude of 33.5 kilometres where the stratospheric winds will propel it at speeds of at least 100 knots through the heating and cooling of the day-night cycle on a weeks-long journey around the Southern Hemisphere

Scientists have revealed new insights into a tiny ancient human nicknamed the Hobbit.

Pesky pine pollen from New Zealand forests could be altering far-away ocean ecosystems.