Mozart may enhance a man's performance in board games - while AC/DC may hinder their chances, according to new research.

Don't fall foul of campylobacter this festive season; cook chicken all the way through and wash down surfaces exposed to raw meat.

An end to grey hair and crows-feet could be just 10 years away after scientists showed it is possible to reverse ageing in animals.

Clinics in Britain can now apply to create three parent babies after the fertility watchdog gave the final approval for the procedure.

A new discovery by Kiwi and US scientists could lead to new ways to help New Zealand's agricultural sector slash greenhouse gas emissions.

NIWA marine ecology technician Mark Fenwick has observed the dramatic changes to Kaikoura's crayfish habitats.

Humans are marring the coherence of the natural world - by building endless numbers of roads.

Worlds with the mass of Neptune are the most likely planet to form in the icy outer realms of planetary systems, scientists have found in a pioneering new study co-authored by Kiwi researchers.

So how does Father Christmas do it? One physicist believes she has an answer - and Einstein is the key.

Kiwi couple donate seven works including pieces by Salvador Dali, Andy Warhol and Joan Miro at inaugural event.

Changes taking place in Antarctica are significant another to influence those on the other side of the planet, new research co-authored by a Kiwi scientist has found.

A study on diet drinks has revealed surprising results about their effects.

The new US administration is likely to be hostile to science.

Guests at a central London hotel are not only being offered five-star luxury, they're also being given a brain boost.

Persistent, stored water inside of a floating East Antarctic ice shelf could be bad news, making it much more vulnerable to collapse.

Massey University chancellor Chris Kelly said a woman graduate is less of a vet because she has to take time out for marriage and family.

As 2016 draws to a close, the NZ Science Media Centre picked some of the biggest national and international science stories that made headlines

This year is set to become New Zealand's hottest on record, breaking the previous record set in 1998, scientists say.

The President-elect said he is "studying" whether the US should withdraw from the Paris agreement.

"The rocket's the easy part. It's people who really throw a monkey wrench into things."

There are an estimated one hundred million pieces of space junk floating around Earth.

Hollywood has long been fascinated with the idea of communicating with space aliens. But is it even possible? Or wise?

COMMENT: Like in politics, fake news can also be a problem in the world of science - proliferated by the net, repeated many times over.

Researchers have found that some of what we see in the periphery - the areas just outside our eye's direct focus - could be a visual illusion.

Creepy crawlies are taking over Wellington's Te Papa, and it's just in time for the school holidays.

The feathered tail of a 99-million-year-old dinosaur has been discovered, miraculously preserved in amber.

A major expedition to the submarine Kaikoura Canyon is assessing whether the November 14 quake elevated tsunami risks to coastal settlements.

Earth will be destroyed in a nightmarish inferno as the sun balloons to 100 times its normal size, scientists predict.

COMMENT: We've recently been supported by a Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund grant for a project called: What is the Southland accent?

Can you spot the penguin? If you're struggling, stop squinting and take in the big picture.