A record number of New Zealand students have received early round offers to some of the world's best tertiary institutions, including the Ivy League.

A woman has been killed by a superbug that proved resistant to every antibiotic available in the United States.

Kiwi scientists have published another study exploring links between concussions suffered while playing rugby and long-term impacts on brain function.

Ever met someone who just wasn't into music? They might just have a condition called specific musical anhedonia.

Alien megastructure? Or natural mega-disaster? Astronomers have crunched the numbers and come up with a new explanation for the erratic flickering of a distant star. Indigestion.

Immigrants to New Zealand are often quick to pick up our signature twang - but it seems one ex-pat hasn't lost its British accent more than a century after moving here.

According to a new study, this simple tip can help you lose weight and you can eat anything you want ... as long as it's in the right time frame.

COMMENT: Computers that talk like humans are no longer in the realm of science fiction. Voice recognition technology is friendly now.

When a longed-for journey to the Antarctic became a reality, Damian Christie was not prepared for the immensity of what awaited him.

It's a hot summer's day and you're looking forward to an ice cream. But within seconds of your first bite, you feel a headache coming on: a brain freeze. Here's what's going on.

Do baboons pass gas? What about salamanders? Millipedes? Real-life scientists are now taking to Twitter to provide answers.

In the second of a five part series on Auckland's big blue backyard, science reporter Jamie Morton talks to seabird expert Dr Brendon Dunphy.

Science reporter Jamie Morton talks to Auckland Uni conservation ecologist Dr James Russell about the challenge to sweep islands clear of pest predators.

Science reporter Jamie Morton looks at some of the hardy little creatures that live in our rock pools.

The Moon may have formed through the merging of 20 smaller 'moonlets' following asteroid strikes on the young Earth, a new theory suggests.

Fillings could be consigned to history after scientists found that a drug given to Alzheimer's patients can help teeth regrow and repair cavities.

Scientists are claiming painful visits to the dentist could become a thing of the past, thanks to an Alzheimer's drug.

A sleek, human-driven submarine and a cutting-edge underwater sensing system are among the impressive innovations of a team of Auckland Uni engineers.

In Auckland's Hauraki Gulf, you can find one quarter of the world's seabird species - and around 20 per cent of its whale and dolphin species.

Dr Brett Mullan of the National Institute of Water and Atmosphere (NIWA) explains our holiday season weather and warming world.

Astounding collection of stories where injury creates a genius.

UPenn researchers have found how to stimulate the cells to create fat, a possible end to scarring.

The newly formed Red Nova will burn so brightly in the constellation Cygnus that everyone will be able to see it.

The cold miserable weather so far this year in many parts of the country isn't the usual weather we see - but it's not out of the question either.

COMMENT: Ditch the post-partying detox diet and let your incredible intrinsic cleansing system do the work it was made to do.

Experts at Boston University claim to have discovered the game-changing test

A major crack that has rapidly expanded is poised to create one of the world's biggest icebergs in a matter of months, scientists warn.

Fog harvesting, floating dairy farm and smog towers... Andrew Stone outlines some clever and inspiring innovations that we might hear a bit about in 2017.

As if Australians didn't have enough pesky species to worry about, a new study finds their country is effectively crawling with feral cats.

Last year was the hottest ever record, according to a European climate agency and a US-based climate centre.