Scientists have found a startling reason for the thousands of quakes that have swarmed around a tiny eastern Bay of Plenty settlement over recent years.

130 scientists, entrepreneurs and policy leaders held an invitation-only, closed-door meeting at Harvard University to discuss an ambitious plan to create synthetic human genomes.

It's just like F1 GP, but smaller. Much smaller. US scientists have developed the first "nanocars" and then raced them against each other, as you would.

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

Growing Up in New Zealand study director Susan Morton is tracking the development of almost 7000 children born seven years ago in the Upper North Island.

COMMENT: Last week, a report attempting to estimate historical catch in New Zealand's waters was released to wide-ranging interest.

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.

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

Researchers are planning to use images of women's own unborn babies to warn them against the dangers of smoking during pregnancy.

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.