By better understanding how our brains work, can we change how we feel pain? A world-leading Kiwi neuroscientist, back in New Zealand, talks to science reporter Jamie Morton.

Nasa are testing the engines of the world's biggest rocket set to launch in 2018.

Have you ever wondered what is happening in your little sleepy head's mind?

Scientists describe November jolt as an "incredibly complex earthquake" in which some land was offset by as much as 12 metres.

New findings suggest poison, not cancer or faulty glands, did in the author of Sense and Sensibility.

The impact quakes can have on city structures has been made frighteningly clear over recent years.

A new study blames as much as half the decline in Arctic sea ice over recent decades on natural causes.

MPs are expecting furious opposition to proposals on fluoridated drinking water as public hearings kick off this week.

The power-packed storm meteorologists have dubbed the "Tasman Tempest" dumped more rain on Auckland than typically falls for the whole of March.

Researchers crunched the numbers on your ride.

A Kiwi researcher is set to peer inside the minds of porn users.

A Kiwi scientist meeting in Brazil with world climate experts discusses a new report assessing what an extra 1.5C of warming would mean for the planet.

A scientist researching the mysterious circles says they are "puzzles" containing secret messages - and he's solved them.

Brilliant moment as BBC expert's live interview is gatecrashed by his curious children.

Scientists have created a brain-based music machine that can exploit your emotions to the point that you'll cry.

Knock on the head the perception that brilliance belongs to boys.

Kiwi conservation secrets are being lent to Australia to help protect one of the world's rarest birds from extinction. The Norfolk

Scientists have put a recent spate of Central North Island quakes down to long-term tectonic "stretching" rather than worrying volcanic activity.

From beer brewing to computer software, here are 10 inventions created by women.

Kiwi scientists have found an intriguing new way to control individual atoms.

Kiwi scientists just helped reveal how newly-understood genes are likely to play a role in our bodies.

US politician and neurosurgeon Ben Carson reckons one zap can help your brain with total recall.

A 29 per cent chance of a big "surface rupturing" quake within next 50 years.

A smart condom which monitors your performance in the bedroom is being developed in the UK.

The Auckland Volcanic Field will "almost certainly" erupt again, and a swarm of earthquakes will be the first signal of a catastrophe, say scientists.

What do you see outside your window? If you answered birds, trees or wildlife then congratulations are in order.

Herald science writer Jamie Morton presents weird science facts.

A 'masterpiece' in bioengineering could make sperm and egg obsolete.

Laboratory set up in honour of daughter has helped other babies survive.

Scientists believe the find shows that alien life on Mars is likely.