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.

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.

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.

Despite billions of dollars worth of research by tens of thousands of leading scientists, cancer still remains one of the world's biggest killers.

A researcher working on a new nano-scale magnetic material 1000 times thinner than human hair has been awarded a grant.

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.