COMMENT: Moral implications seem a bridge too far in decisions on management of key resource, opines Rachel Stewart.

Researchers believe this is a big discovery as the findings suggest that fructose is likely to alter brain function.

Mike King's appearance at the piggery near Levin helped in the campaign to ban on sow crates.

This ability evolved before whales evolved huge bodies or a filter feeding system.

An expert has weighed in on reports of a bright light shooting across the skies over New Zealand last night.

Nasa astronomers have spotted seven Earth-size planets. Should we be excited?

Some people posted on social media about seeing the sky light up, while others described the light as being green in colour.

COMMENT: Ability to respond to human emotions secures avatar a job in customer service.

Scientists have just discovered the oldest documented case of live birth: that by a "terrible-headed lizard" that lived 250 million years ago.

Penguins are much older than previously thought and their evolution probably dates back to the days of the dinosaurs.

Tristram Clayton interviews Grant Christie, Astronomer at Auckland Observatory, about the discovery of a new solar system just 39 light years from Earth.

Take the test to see how lifestyle changes can affect your "heart age".

Tisa the giraffe died after complications followed a health check.

The new Mr Gay New Zealand, who is HIV positive, is defending having unprotected sex, saying he always informs sexual partners of his health status.

Residents in Otorohanga are coming together to get through the tough economic times. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Lifeforms which have been living inside crystals for up to 60,000 years have been revived by NASA, raising hopes that alien organisms could be found on other planets.

COMMENT: What kind of music makes them calm and content? And what makes them happy?

A genetically-altered form of salmonella is being created to fight back against tumour cells.

COMMENT: If you are starting to worry about your receding hairline, thinning crown or bald spot, you are not alone.

There may be a whole lot more to little old New Zealand than three tiny islands tucked away in the Pacific.

For the first time, scientists can point to evidence that people with ADHD have brain structures that differ from those of people without ADHD.

Our forests and other land areas may be sucking up to 60 per cent more carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere than previously thought and we can likely thank our native trees for much of it.

New research showing how efforts to keep pests out of countries are failing to keep up with the pace of globalisation means New Zealand must be more vigilant than ever, a biosecurity expert says.

Pre and post-natal depression has been studied exhaustively in mothers - but a new study of 3500 Kiwi men has revealed how dads are also affected by the baby blues.

Cotton buds made by the pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson will no longer have plastic handles to prevent toxic waste reaching waterways and seas.

Mankind is already adapting to the widespread impacts of future climate change - but how did we do it in the past? A Kiwi researcher has helped explain.

New research co-authored by a New Zealand scientist has linked deforestation to the deadly Ebola virus.

Two months into the job, new Science and Innovation Minister Paul Goldsmith talks to science reporter Jamie Morton about the state of the sector.

Whales, toothfish and the confounding puzzle that is Antarctica's sea ice will be targeted in six bold new Kiwi studies to be carried out on the frozen continent and in the Southern Ocean.

Preparing New Zealand's water stores for a warmer climate is a major focus of new research projects just awarded more than $2 million.