When a notoriously irritable reptile with a mouthful of jagged teeth and a vicious underbite needs medical care, caution is definitely in order.

Eating one tablespoon of butter a day had little impact on overall mortality and could even reduce the risk of diabetes.

On July 4, Juno will give us an unprecedented look at our solar system's weirdest planet.

The sun has gone completely "blank" for the second time this month.

Minority Report style crime-busting is one step closer with a technology which allows us to look into the minds of criminals.

Bacteria found on trains came from human skin, mouths and guts.

Not just any turtle could help these scientists determine why loggerhead sea turtles are dying. They recruited a dead one.

Scientists have renewed their focus on Wairau Bar off Marlborough's Cloudy Bay, which bears secrets of our earliest settlers and their paths to Aotearoa.

Kiwi scientists have developed a world-leading tool to accurately predict the risk of heart attack and stroke.

Autonomous vehicles that protect pedestrians first win a moral vote - but would you ride in one?

A German tech fair has seen the debut of a home helper robot which comes with facial expressions that signal happiness, worry, interest, or anger.

Organisers of a nationwide survey are urging people to keep a sharp eye out for feathered visitors to their back gardens.

In a single study, scientists found four new types of contagious cancer in three different species of clam.

Chameleon spit is 400 times more viscous than our saliva.

This is only the third time rescuers have attempted to evacuate someone from the bottom of the world during the dark Antarctic winter.

Super-powerful electric winds may have blown it into space.

NASA wants YOU to get amped for the "Journey to Mars".

A large survey provides the clearest picture yet of the effect of cannabis legalisation on teens.

It's a much-discussed topic among 21st century humans: will I lose my job to a robot?

Kim Suozzi's brain was cryogenically frozen. When the neuroscience student was diagnosed with a brain tumour, she decided she wanted to live forever.

World Health Organisation has released its long-anticipated report on coffee.

It's morning in the Murchison, a desolate, sunbaked corner of the midwest of Western Australia, and a trio of wedge-tailed eagles are circling.

Science has some answers.

COMMENT: Cannabis is one of the most widely available illicit drugs in New Zealand - but what impact is it having on our wellbeing?

The first study to measure the number of neurons in the brains of birds has found that they have more in their small brains than mammalian and primate brains of the same mass.

Scientists have confirmed that atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have hit record levels in Antarctica.

A major study that's found taking water from our rivers has been hurting fishlife has prompted fresh recommendations to the Government.

The first nine years of Jurnee's life have been tough but all that could change.

Any rocky moons orbiting the Jupiter-like planet could theoretically have liquid water.

An antenna implanted in a man's skull converts colours into sound waves that he can hear.