Award-winning film-maker's stunning short film toasts New Zealand's last 20 years in Antarctica.

Nasa's scientific balloon flight which eventually launched in Wanaka nearly two months ago has come to an end.

It's certainly possible in theory to prevent rain in one place by using cloud seeding to induce it in another, upwind. But there's a dark side.

The first six months of 2016 are the warmest start to a year on record in NZ. Professor Corey Bradshaw pens an open letter to his daughter to apologise.

Some of the wind-sculpted sand ripples on Mars and their relationship to the thin Martian atmosphere have provided new clues about its history.

Science pioneer Sir Peter Gluckman has landed the top honour at this year's Sir Peter Blake leadership awards.

Mounting evidence suggests 'hobbits' were wiped out by modern humans' ancestors 50,000 years ago

Scientist's work helps farmers choose sex of calves.

COMMENT: So the wheels are now rolling for Britain's exit from the European Union. The impacts are bound to be substantial.

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.

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?