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?

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.

After a period of uncharacteristic bubbling and steaming, Mt Ruapehu's Crater Lake is showing signs of cooling down.

The world's poorest people are suffering more extreme heat driven by climate change while wealthier nations, including New Zealand, remain less affected.

Policy-making is an area laden with risks - some of them with tremendous consequences.

An origami robot that can be swallowed in a pill and sent on missions inside the body promises a revolution in internal treatment of the digestive system.

Over the last week downtown Auckland was filled with long black gowns and stiff mortarboards.

Tagging sharks, walking on volcanoes - science is a lot more than being stuck in a lab. Jamie Morton finds out how some researchers spend their days.

When you sit around imagining life aboard the ISS one thing you probably don't want to think about is a space junk slamming into your vessel.