The unusual warmth that dominated our climate last summer has had alarmingly apparent impacts on the South Island's postcard glaciers and mountain snowlines.

The ninth birthday this week of Dolly the cloned sheep's four genetic siblings - Debbie, Denise, Diana and Daisy - prove that large cloned animals age normally, say scientists.

Aliens will be on the agenda when Great Barrier Island, population 939, brings the Pope's astronomer and other top scientists to a quirky public event.

A scientist shares five reasons we might find alien life this century - and five we reasons we might not.

Aliens will be on the agenda when Great Barrier Island, population 939, brings the Pope's astronomer and other top scientists to a quirky public event.

Scientists have a few words of warning for Government attempts to clear our islands of pests.

High obesity rates among Samoans are partly caused by genetics, scientists have discovered.

COMMENT: There is no greater crime being perpetuated on future generations than that committed by those who deny climate change.

The hip, orange super food displacing French fries.

COMMENT: This week I experienced 3 days at -70C and zero humidity while measuring stardust and witnessing southern lights all within one 10-hour flight.

US researchers have combined tissues from a sea slug with flexible 3D printed components to build "biohybrid" robots that crawl like sea turtles on beach.

Scientists want to find out whether bits of plastic junk commonly found inside the stomachs of seabirds is killing them.

A new Kiwi-led study has found a third of pups born to rats fed high doses of very rancid fish oil during pregnancy did not survive beyond two days.

Forty light years away in the constellation Aquarius, a trio of planets orbit a small, cool star. They are worlds quite unlike our

Could this breakthrough allow women to become mothers in their 50s or 60s?

New precision could immediately aid neurosurgeons in removal of tumours and epilepsy treatment.

Researchers got people drunk or high, then made a fascinating discovery about how we respond.

The collaborative Interact Centre of Technology Excellence is to be launched tonight by hosts Auckland University of Technology (AUT).

"Entrepreneurial Universities" initiative is designed to attract world-leading entrepreneurial researchers to NZ.

Despite its high profile in the media as a potential agent, there's little scientific evidence to suggest whether cannabis can actually make a difference.

It was the greatest extinction event the world had ever known, wiping out more than 90% of marine life and around two thirds of animals on land.

A Kiwi scientist has helped develop artificial intelligence to highlight fresh potential hotspots for Ebola and other bat-borne filoviruses.

Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft has captured stunning images of the surface of Pluto, give a glimpse into what life may be like on the dwarf planet.

A US researcher has discovered how to control multiple robotic drones using the human brain.

Two pathfinding odysseys are circling the globe in unconventional carriers.

If you've been out in your local neighbourhood this week, you may have wondered if the zombie apocalypse was upon us.

Investigation by a team of Kiwi researchers has found solid evidence to back an intriguing approach used to alleviate phantom limb pain in amputees.

A leading New Zealand researcher may have found a powerful new weapon to combat deadly, drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis.

A record breeding season for New Zealand and the world's population of lovable but critically endangered kakapo has seen their numbers shoot up by an amazing 28 per cent to 157 individuals.

World-renowned Australian artist Stelarc -- perhaps best known for having an artificial ear construction inserted into his arm --