It's certainly possible in theory to prevent rain in one place by using cloud seeding to induce it in another, upwind. But there's a dark side.

The first six months of 2016 are the warmest start to a year on record in NZ. Professor Corey Bradshaw pens an open letter to his daughter to apologise.

Mounting evidence suggests 'hobbits' were wiped out by modern humans' ancestors 50,000 years ago

Scientist's work helps farmers choose sex of calves.

COMMENT: So the wheels are now rolling for Britain's exit from the European Union. The impacts are bound to be substantial.

The record warm start to the year will be the new normal within the next few generations, scientists say.

It's home to 20 million people but this major city is in growing danger of being swallowed up by the earth, scientists say.

When a notoriously irritable reptile with a mouthful of jagged teeth and a vicious underbite needs medical care, caution is definitely in order.

Eating one tablespoon of butter a day had little impact on overall mortality and could even reduce the risk of diabetes.

Minority Report style crime-busting is one step closer with a technology which allows us to look into the minds of criminals.

Bacteria found on trains came from human skin, mouths and guts.

Not just any turtle could help these scientists determine why loggerhead sea turtles are dying. They recruited a dead one.

Scientists have renewed their focus on Wairau Bar off Marlborough's Cloudy Bay, which bears secrets of our earliest settlers and their paths to Aotearoa.

Kiwi scientists have developed a world-leading tool to accurately predict the risk of heart attack and stroke.

The current diversity of feathers, fur and scales is part of what made their origins so mystifying to scientists.

A rock which is rarer than pounamu and found only in South Westland, is to be investigated to see if it can be sold commercially.

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.

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.

For 27-year-old Tessa Hopson, finding out medication may prevent breast cancer was "incredible".

Kiwi researcher helps discovers drug that could counter faulty gene.

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.