Kiwi researchers experimenting with a bitter plant extract have developed a potential appetite suppressant, they have told an obesity conference.

A Kiwi start-up has scored a major win in Silicon Valley, scooping its category in a prestigious global tech challenge.

A clever effort by leading Kiwi scientists to speak out about big issues that will matter this century has paid off.

Two of New Zealand's top biomedical researchers have achieved what's considered a "gold medal" in global science.

What would life be like in a post-antibiotic era?

Facebook is gearing up to live chat astronauts on the International Space Station tomorrow afternoon.

As more people flock to the beaches and shark populations recover, one expert warns 2016 could set the world record for attacks.

Scientists are warning that the world could be in for an "antibiotic apocalypse", with a rise in drug-resistant superbugs killing an estimated 10 million people every year by 2050

As well as speeding up the time it takes to work, it could also reduce side effects of the pill.

It's a dilemma faced by many new parents: do they get up in the night to comfort their crying babies - or let them sob themselves to sleep?

Way below the water's surface north of the Hawaiian islands, a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) has spotted a massive creature hitherto unknown to science.

As research has found that wearable health devices are actually only 40-80 per cent accurate.

What can the way we move in crowds tell us about how we might design better cities? Jamie Morton finds out.

Scientists have discovered the answer to stopping stretch marks in their tracks.

Cash boosts for our largest funds for mission-led research have been welcomed by New Zealand's independent government body for the sciences.

Eyes feeling tired? It could be due to the strain of working out, a Kiwi scientist's team has discovered.

Bacon gives you cancer and wine is good for you. Yeah, right.

COMMENT: Research has uncovered decades-long, large-scale fish dumping, now let's work together on correcting this.

Scientists are travelling back more than 60 million years in history to drill deep under the ocean floor in search of clues about the event that wiped out the dinosaurs, and nearly extinguished life on earth. Source: Smithsonian Channel

A major environmental group wants to see more money for conservation funding amid Thursday's Budget announcements.

Scientists have just described one of the most peculiar dinosaurs ever unearthed, all thanks to a chance fossil discovery in the US a decade ago.

COMMENT: The New Zealand wine industry is big business with an estimated annual turnover of $2 billion, $1.42 billion of which comes from export earnings.

COMMENT: Have you ever read a headline claiming some scientific finding that doesn't sound quite right?

A trial has been approved, would you agree to it?

Male nursery web spiders best not show up at a lady's house empty-handed. Because they could get eaten alive for it.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) see the world at night on every orbit - that's 16 times each crew day.

A discovery by scientists could spell fast relief for migraine sufferers.

How did the giraffe get its improbable neck? Genetic analysis finds some clues

Nasa has successfully launched a super pressure balloon from Wanaka Airport to conduct near-space scientific investigations.