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

For 27-year-old Tessa Hopson, finding out medication may prevent breast cancer was "incredible".

Kiwi researcher helps discovers drug that could counter faulty gene.

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.

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.

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.

Light pollution around the world is driving tourists to one of our best attractions, night skies in the South Island.

It's late on a Monday afternoon in Merivale, a decile-one Tauranga suburb where the kids are grappling with the basic laws of physics.

A smart new way to speed up honey production is one of many innovations to be seen at this week's Fieldays.

New Zealand Health Survey showing that 31 per cent of our adults are obese and a further 35 per cent overweight.

Barnacles on an abandoned kayak could help in the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared in 2014.

An ancient, metre-tall human discovered by a Kiwi and dubbed "the Hobbit" was an entirely separate species and not simply a deformed forebear of our race today.

The gravitational wave detector is the "quietest place known to humankind".

Claims that NZ scientists are being silenced is something seen around the world, says a renowned author, doctor and outspoken science commentator.

The world's largest flying observatory has arrived in New Zealand for a series of cutting-edge night-flying missions to help unlock the mysteries of the universe.

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Dr Ben Goldacre believes bad science is fooling the public. He takes aim at everyone from anti-vaxxers to nutritionists to the scientific establishment.

The predatory prehistoric creature Qingmendous could help us understand how our ancestors crawled onto land.

A team of Kiwi scientists hope to answer some of the biggest questions about our universe, by joining one of the most ambitious astronomy projects ever undertaken.

Study says extending hormone therapy to 10 years reduces breast-cancer recurrence, new cancers.

Could the same protein that helps fish survive in freezing conditions make frozen fruits and vegetables taste better?

The last time the amount of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere was at a level of 400 parts per million (ppm), sea levels were at least 10 metres higher than they are today.