Woolly mammoths - or, at least, animals with very similar DNA - could be brought back from extinction within two years, say scientists.

Endurance athletes looking to improve their times might consider swishing with a mouth rinse that contains a little sugar during their next performance.

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.

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.

Manufacturers and marketers have long stuck by three certain "dimensions" of food - taste, texture and smell. But what if there was a fourth?

NASA is heading back to Wanaka to launch its super balloons which orbit the globe performing scientific monitoring.

Christchurch and Japanese academics are developing new drone technologies that would be able to locate people buried in wreckage following natural disasters.

The shallow, snaking, braided channels of Canterbury's Waimakariri River - and the heavily-developed pastureland around it - have been captured by a NASA satellite.

It might sound like something straight out of the 2006 horror comedy Black Sheep, but woolly mutants are leading our scientists toward intriguing discoveries - and innovative new products.

While many of us may find the sounds of chewing or breathing off-putting, for some they're unbearable - and new research has shown their brains are going into overdrive.

Supermarkets are being urged to create a plastic-free aisle in every store to prevent tons of waste packaging ending up in the world's oceans.

Six scientists crammed into a tiny dome for 12 months to replicate living on Mars. What could possibly go wrong? One reveals the 'stinkiest' issue.

Kiwi scientists could soon have a new way to safely get an up-close look at erupting volcanoes: send in the drone.

A war-era DC-3 aircraft is playing an unlikely role in a state-of-the-art scientific survey of Antarctica's sea ice.

Kiwi researchers will investigate whether microbes found inside our gut could hold the key to battling the development of diabetes.

New super-strength antibiotics could be developed to kill drug-resistant bacteria in minutes, a study has found.

COMMENT: There's danger in relying on crowds. But crowd wisdom is often cited as the justification for the idea of efficient asset markets.

COMMENT: An easy way to coat surfaces with wonder material graphene may soon put foldable phones in our pockets.

A reader has come upon a colourful find - and it took an evolutionary ecologist to tell us what the funky parasite is.

We can expect normal temperatures in the coming months but less rain.

New Zealand scientists have voiced fears over the new US administration, with one independent association arguing efforts to get more science in society had veered toward "street warfare".

There was nothing unusual about the late-night 5.1 quake that shook Marlborough and the lower North Island on Wednesday, says a scientist.