A high-tech Melbourne facility is boosting research on this side of the Tasman.

The tsunami is comparable with some of the biggest events in recent history.

Dr Neil deGrasse Tyson will give presentations on the big issues facing humans.

People who have experienced accidents are better prepared for disaster, a new study finds.

Jennifer Dann puts 12 questions to NIWA air quality scientist Elizabeth Somervell.

Kiwi and Chinese scientists have teamed up in a new biotech venture targeting cancer.

Many Kiwi women can't correctly pinpoint their fertile window, a new study suggests.

Kiwi scientists say New Zealand technology can improve the accuracy of GPS.

A Kiwi scientist has journeyed to one of the world's most volcanically active regions.

Will we land on Mars? Discover alien life? Share our days with Artificial Intelligence?

Are robots really going to take our jobs? An expert says the threat's exaggerated.

Cycling isn't as dangerous as you might think - and could be a life-saver.

Is laughter contagious? It is among our cheeky kea.

The 7.8 quake moved parts of the South Island more than 5 metres closer to the North.

Science reveals how meal time and frequency really can alter weight gain and heart health.

When he graduates university next year, Tristan Pang will be 16. What's next?

New study suggests evolution of the T-Rex places them to a new branch of the family tree.

Micrometre-sized plastics are wreaking havoc in our oceans, a scientist says.

The world's most detailed human data collection wins our biggest cash award for science.

Earth is just shy of 4.6 billion years old and a couple hundred million years later the planetary blob began to cool form its first crust.

That's the goal of a bold new project between Kiwi researchers and the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation.

Pluto fans are attempting to reignite one of astronomy's most contentious debates: What is a planet?

NZ's economic growth is "approaching its environmental limits", a once-a-decade environmental report card says.

Volcano under one of the world's busiest flight paths has erupted almost 40 times this year.

Slashing pastoral stock numbers by up to 35 per cent has been suggested among ways to push New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions down to zero by 2100.

Giving vitamin D to pregnant mice prevents their offspring developing autism traits, study finds.

Auckland's Stardome Observatory is celebrating 50 years of star-gazing.

A selection of the best of the Wellcome Awards that celebrate the art of science illustration

Our planet's spiders wolf down between 400 and 800 million tonnes of food each year.

A chimpanzee has been filmed using tools to apparently clean the corpse of another chimp.