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.

Reporter Kurt Bayer takes to the skies to witness science in action, even if it makes his head hurt a little.

In 2006 Stelarc, 70, had an artificial ear construction inserted into his arm as an art project.

Hollywood wants our dinosaurs to roar like elephants, but the truth may be more bird-like.

A Dunedin-based neurosurgeon is investigating whether tiny devices implanted in the brain can stop alcoholics' cravings.

NZ company Rocket Lab is a step closer to lift off, today saying it had done a deal for three satellite launches .

COMMENT: There is a very real concern that judges and juries will view brain scans as hard evidence.

A massive earthquake called an "active megathrust fault" is posing a genuine threat to southern Asia.

Sheep, hills, remoteness and rockets. New Zealand is about to blast off from distant Mahia and into the world's $350 billion space economy.

COMMENT: The International Association for the study of Pain describes pain as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with tissue damage.

John Paul College and Waikite Valley School have been awarded Bayer Science Fund Grants to help with environmental science projects. John

From Antarctica to Africa, AUT scientists carry out cutting-edge mapping projects to aid conservation effort.

World-first research by a Waikato University student into British group Queen has led to an impressive body of work, and a meeting with Brian May.

As ice in the Arctic rapidly melts, sea ice in the Antarctic sea is continually increasing - a new paper sheds light on way.

An intrepid scientist who took athletes to the extremes of human endurance says the lessons learned could help save the lives of everyday people.

Prepare to embark on a quest of your own to discover the incredible world of "the Hobbit" as modern archaeological science uncovers perplexing secrets hidden in time.

NASA confirms its unmanned probe Juno has entered into the planet's orbit .

In a world dominated by social media, reality TV and endless Kim Kardashian selfies, Kiwis can still call themselves a humble bunch.

Professor Damian Bailey might be one of the world's most extreme scientists.

Questions about Jupiter are about to be answered as Juno prepares to enter the planet's atmostphere

A 4.5 magnitude quake shook the Marlborough region at 12.45pm today. The earthquake was centred 5km south of Seddon with a depth

One of the most remarkable feats of science is set to be achieved 588 million kilometres away, when a spacecraft tomorrow reaches Jupiter.