The record warm start to the year will be the new normal within the next few generations, scientists say.

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

It's home to 20 million people but this major city is in growing danger of being swallowed up by the earth, scientists say.

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.

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

The current diversity of feathers, fur and scales is part of what made their origins so mystifying to scientists.

A rock which is rarer than pounamu and found only in South Westland, is to be investigated to see if it can be sold commercially.

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.

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.

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.