A National Geographic documentary series following Kiwi scientists in Antarctica premiered at Scott Base and in Christchurch this evening.

Source: YouTube: TedEd. The bizarre and often grotesque way some parasites brainwash their victims — then often force them to kill themselves — will be explored in a new $830,000 Kiwi study.

A clever tracking innovation dubbed DroneCounts, combining the use of drones with radio tags and pioneered by a pair of Kiwis, has scooped a major conservation award. The prototype Duckatron is used to locate a pateke in Habitat Te Henga, in the Waitakere Ranges

A clever tracking innovation, combining the use of drones with radio tags and dubbed DroneCounts, has scooped a major conservation award.

Horror parasites brainwash their victims, driving them to kill themselves. And they're in your backyard.

Ever had a near-death experience? A Massey University psychologist wants to hear from you.

For the first time, scientists will construct a detailed picture stretching back more than 500 years of how we've affected our most important fisheries species - potentially genetically.

Scientists are to harness the power of ultra-fast lasers to finally reveal how an intriguing and complex UV filter within our bodies protect us from the sun.

COMMENT: Having a song stuck in one's head, known as an earworm, is an experience that over 90% of us have on a regular basis.

COMMENT: DiCaprio's documentary has been viewed more than six million times and will raise public consciousness.

Scientists say pudgy older fathers live longer, are more attractive to women and are better at passing on their genes.

Eating plenty of tomatoes could stave off wrinkles - and even skin cancer, say scientists.

Scientists will reconstruct more than 20,000 years of NZ's ecological history to better understand how our species will respond to climate change.

Ultra-sensitive fibre-optic sensors extending nearly a kilometre below the Southern Alps will transform what we know about one of the biggest earthquake threats facing New Zealand.

A study of 12 million Facebook users suggests that using Facebook is associated with living longer - when it serves to maintain and enhance your real-world social ties.

Vegetarians have often argued that their diet is more environmentally friendly, but a carbon footprint study reveals how friendly our food really is.

This month marks a decade since icebergs thrust Otago into the world spotlight, ODT illustrations editor Stephen Jaquiery recalls how it played out.

Scientists have struck upon a simple equation that shows the true effect of greenhouse gases.

A Kiwi expedition to the far-flung Kermadec Islands has put scientists up close with some of the ocean's most fascinating residents.

A new study explains the birth order puzzle, and the impact of changes to parenting behaviours.

Research to find new Earth-like planets, clean up our waterways and boost our health have just received $65 million from the Marsden Fund. We look at 10 of the best.

Hotter than average temperatures can be expected across the entire country over the next three months - but the warm won't come without rain.

Scientists who sought to solve mysteries about hammerhead sharks were only left with another when one of the first adults ever tagged ended up eluding them.

Underpants which protect men's fertility by shielding them from cell phone radiation have hit the market.

With rain that would feel like 'death by a thousand cuts' this planet would be terrible to visit.

Drones and GPS-tracking dummies are being deployed at Kiwi beaches to boost our understanding of the country's deadliest rips.

Science reporter Jamie Morton talks to GNS Science earthquake geologist Dr Rob Langridge about a renewed effort to catalogue a nationwide web of active faults threatening New Zealand.

A wayward scientific instrument has completed a remarkable year-long journey across the Tasman Sea, delighting the Aussie researchers who thought it'd been lost for good.

An asteroid is buzzing by today. But we had advance warning of the 25m chunk of rock and ice thanks to a new NASA 'intruder alert' system.

A new study confirms the reason for the puppet's ever-growing proboscis: the more we practice prevarication, the easier it gets.