Elon Musk's SpaceX Falcon 9 booster had a "hard landing" and broke a landing leg on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean.

Sewing "thermal undies" for a drone is just one way Kiwi scientists have overcome the extremes of Antarctica to capture the frozen continent's delicate plant-life from the air.

An Auckland biodiversity student is part of a team of scientists researching and monitoring humpback whales and their migration in the Cook Islands.

Herald science reporter Jamie Morton is spending the next week in Antarctica and will be filing a regular diary from Scott Base. Here is his second entry.

A simple jab could stop cravings for alcohol, cigarettes and junk food, say scientists.

Freezing wind storms. Temperatures plunging to -40C. Months of perpetual daylight or darkness. These brutal, barely imaginable conditions seem positively Martian.

Self-drive is set to take on a whole new meaning, transforming our cities, unclogging our roads and changing our very idea of car ownership.

Herald science reporter Jamie Morton will be filing regular stories from Antarctica's Scott Base over the next week, along with a daily diary entry. Here is his first.

In a paper published in the open access journal eLife this week, researchers say they have pinpointed what may well be one of evolution's greatest copy mess-ups yet.

Retired NASA astronaut Fred Haise, of famous failed lunar mission, Apollo 13, gives a guided tour though the Houston Space Centre, Texas

Scientists at the University of Auckland have proved that fish communicate to keep safe from predators in the same way animals such as chimpanzees and elephants do. The research - captured with an underwater GoPro camera is the first direct evidence that fish communicate to maintain group cohesion.

Scientists have developed insect-sized three-dimensional glasses to prove that praying mantises see their world in 3D.

German scientists think they have found the solution for young refugees who have entered Germany from war-torn countries and are seeking a better life.

Stuffing wool in a shark's nose suggests smell is vital for navigation.

Air-guitar playing may never be the same again, thanks to a Kiwi innovation that could transform interactive games like Guitar Hero.

Kiwi scientists are set to unlock a secret history of the Pacific Ocean using tropical corals thousands of years old, in an $800,000, world-first study.

A gadget only a little more high-tech than your average waterproof watch will play a key role in a study assessing New Zealand's best surf breaks.

If I had been given one wish as a child, it would have been that the Tasmanian tiger wasn't extinct. To me, extinction was a tragedy.

Drones, the source of that new low buzzing sound coming from your local park, were one of the most popular tech Christmas presents this year.

Paul Charman is on his way to Campbell Island to investigate the legend of a Scottish princess abandoned there long ago

The Irish are descended from early Middle East farmers and from bronze metalworkers on the steppes around the Black Sea, scientists have found.

Average penis size revealed: Scientists attempt to find what is 'normal' to reassure concerned men.

Exploration of the solar system over the past year has produced exciting finds, writes Alan Duffy.

Twins Jayden and Xavier Boughey have to convince their classmates they're brothers.

It seems some of us have more holiday cheer than others, which raises the question about whether Christmas spirit actually exists.

In the year 2000, the CIA commissioned a report on what global trends will be in 2015. Here's what they got right and wrong.

SpaceX is heading back into orbit today - with an ambitious attempt to land its reusable rocket on land.

Your nearest psychopath might be your father-in-law, your boss, your financial adviser or even that guy your daughter is thinking about dating. Just who these people are, how many there are in our society and what helps them blend in are questions that have inspired a Waikato University researcher to launch a major project.

Your nearest psychopath might be your father-in-law, your boss, your financial adviser or even that guy your daughter is thinking about dating.