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.

The ice base from which the hole in the ozone layer was first detected is in danger of falling into a huge chasm, it has emerged.

NZ students rank above OECD average, but girls and rich students have seen their results drop.

Scientists have discovered a huge, mysterious dead zone - 60,000 sq km virtually devoid of oxygen and life.

Schools are struggling to recruit hundreds of teachers ahead of the 2017 school year.

A total of 800 tonnes of sea lettuce has been collected from Tauranga shores in the past week. The Bay of Plenty Regional Council

A million-dollar Kiwi study has revealed a new mechanism in the body that could offer new hope for those with a genetic susceptibility to type 2 diabetes.

Why do we keep buying the same brands at the supermarket? Scientists explain.

The former astronaut, who became ill while visiting Antarctica, has been told to rest up in Christchurch while congestion in his lungs clears.

New Zealand has been spared half a billion dollars in damage from a notorious pest - and scientists say it's an Irish wasp we have to thank for it.

We all seem to use more Māori kupu as each year goes by. But a three year study at Waikato University aims to learn how and why that's happening, and if one Māori word will attract others. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

They're usually found inside the guts of fish: but glow-in-the-dark bugs also look great on canvas.

COMMENT: Technology is advancing at such a pace there is a risk our lawmakers, unless they are up to speed, will founder on legal and ethical decisions.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is helping Massey University research into Ebola and other deadly diseases be received on the world stage.

Children learn new words using the same method as robots, psychologists say.

INTERACTIVE MAP: Explore the behaviour of volcanoes that lie beneath Auckland and see whether your area is in a danger zone.

A man with advanced prostate cancer is believed to be cured after doctors 'shocked' his tumour to death.

COMMENT: How tragic would it be if we could only experience tui, kereru (wood pigeons) or piwakawaka (fantails) as stuffed specimens in museums?

Govt says a public message about unusual seismic activity under the North Island was not a cause for alarm.

Scientists claim this simple blood test can help predict your chances of survival in the next five years.

A prominent NZ scientist explains why we should ignore alarmist claims that climate change will soon kill us all.

A Kiwi pop star and a Nasa astronaut have joined a line-up of speakers set to take part in an Antarctic TedX event that will be livestreamed around the world.

New research by Kiwi scientists has revealed how chemotherapy stimulates the release of tiny bubbles from the surface of cancer cells that cause potentially fatal blood clots.

New Zealand is pumping more cash into the world's most ambitious science and IT project, bringing its investment in the gigantic Square Kilometre Array to more than $2 million.

New Zealand's science and innovation system is trailing comparable economies in some key areas, a new report has found.

GeoNet technicians reach new heights of Kiwi ingenuity as they work in the quake zone. .

COMMENT: I had never, for one second, consciously entertained the idea that human extinction was conceivable in the near term.

New Zealand students are performing below the international average when it comes to maths, a new study shows.