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

Women diagnosed with breast cancer could get a clearer prognosis with a new model built from the data of thousands of New Zealand patients.

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Rare and brief bursts of cosmic radio waves have puzzled astronomers. Now the signals have finally been tied to a source.

Irish scientists say this gut membrane should be the newest organ.

Kiwi scientists are exploring the mysterious role the bugs inside us play in regulating our diet and metabolism.

Pavement-navigating robots are the latest idea in delivering groceries and packages.

The world could be set to end in October this year, when a giant mysterious planet collides with our own - according to a conspiracy theorist.

Dinosaurs were vulnerable after the asteroid hit Earth because they took months to hatch out of their eggs.

A Kiwi climate scientist says he's been alarmed at how much sea ice the planet's poles lost in 2016, in what was one of the hottest years on record.

COMMENT: If the Kardashians are more famous than scientists saving millions of lives with their research, then we're all culturally less for it.

The secret sex life of one of New Zealand's strangest native species is going under the microscope in a new summer-long study.

Scientists are seeking to solve one of the most intriguing mysteries of the disease that's killing our kauri - why it's attracted to the native tree's scent like we're drawn to coffee.

They're called "slow waves" - and while we don't feel them, they propagate through our bodies each time we eat something. A new study aims to learn more about them.

She's not a hypnotist, but she can convince you that you're a criminal or were traumatised as a child. Elizabeth Loftus has ways of making you think.

Creating "designer" ecosystems for degraded waterways could boost river restoration efforts around the country.

A recently-discovered cannabis-like substance naturally produced by our brains could play a role in treating Parkinson's disease.

A new study calls to expand our understanding of how a woman can be aroused.

How narcissistic are Kiwis?

COMMENT: It has long been thought sea frolicking has many health benefits.

Urgent action is needed to stop the cheetah - the world's fastest land animal - sprinting to extinction, experts have warned.

COMMENT: As we head into another sweltering Kiwi summer, the water quality of our lakes, rivers and streams will continue to disappoint and enrage.

• Philip Clarke is a Professor of Health Economics, University of Melbourne. Chris Schilling is an associate lecturer, Health

COMMENT: Tiny little specks of land hundreds of kilometres from New Zealand may hold key secrets about the future of our planet.

COMMENT: The days of your sweating over Christmas dinner preparation could soon be a thing of the past

The Star Wars series featured a man-made planet called the Death Star which destroys other worlds with a giant laser.

One of the most-read Lifestyle stories in 2016: What is it about these unlucky chosen few that makes them mosquito magnets?

Things seem to be heating up Campi Flegrei, the 12km-wide caldera west of Naples in Italy.

Mythical planets, nearby Earth-like worlds and unprecedented missions to Jupiter and Saturn. We learned a lot about our universe in 2016.

Kiwi scientists are exploring the emotions of livestock in pioneering research that could improve the way animals are farmed.