German scientists think they have found the solution for young refugees who have entered Germany from war-torn countries and are seeking a better life.

Stuffing wool in a shark's nose suggests smell is vital for navigation.

Scientists have developed insect-sized three-dimensional glasses to prove that praying mantises see their world in 3D.

Air-guitar playing may never be the same again, thanks to a Kiwi innovation that could transform interactive games like Guitar Hero.

Kiwi scientists are set to unlock a secret history of the Pacific Ocean using tropical corals thousands of years old, in an $800,000, world-first study.

A gadget only a little more high-tech than your average waterproof watch will play a key role in a study assessing New Zealand's best surf breaks.

A campaign calling for cleaner lakes and rivers has been launched this summer, as monitoring data shows many spots across the country remain unsafe for a dip.

Days of widespread rainfall might have washed out the holidays for summer campers, but for farmers in many places it's been merely a drop of what's needed to replenish drought-parched soils.

If I had been given one wish as a child, it would have been that the Tasmanian tiger wasn't extinct. To me, extinction was a tragedy.

The Irish are descended from early Middle East farmers and from bronze metalworkers on the steppes around the Black Sea, scientists have found.

Average penis size revealed: Scientists attempt to find what is 'normal' to reassure concerned men.

Exploration of the solar system over the past year has produced exciting finds, writes Alan Duffy.

Twins Jayden and Xavier Boughey have to convince their classmates they're brothers.

It seems some of us have more holiday cheer than others, which raises the question about whether Christmas spirit actually exists.

In the year 2000, the CIA commissioned a report on what global trends will be in 2015. Here's what they got right and wrong.

SpaceX is heading back into orbit today - with an ambitious attempt to land its reusable rocket on land.

Your nearest psychopath might be your father-in-law, your boss, your financial adviser or even that guy your daughter is thinking about dating. Just who these people are, how many there are in our society and what helps them blend in are questions that have inspired a Waikato University researcher to launch a major project.

Your nearest psychopath might be your father-in-law, your boss, your financial adviser or even that guy your daughter is thinking about dating.

As the world's largest consumer electronics show, CES 2016, draws closer, rumours and predictions run rife.

Imposing minimum prices for alcohol is likely to help some people who are dependent on it to cut down their drinking, say the authors of a new study.

It's good news, but not a reason to be complacent; global emissions actually fell in 2015.

The average air temperature over Arctic land reached 2.3 degrees F (1.3 degrees C) above average for the year ending in September. That's the highest since observations began in 1900.

In the final days of the Paris talks, officials walked a diplomatic high wire as the pact's fortunes rose and fell.

The Super City's dormant volcanic field -- made up of more than 50 craters -- is expected to erupt again from a new site within the next few hundred years.

Laurent Fabius was directly involved with the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior, now he's the world's foremost climate negotiator.

Just thinking about death triggers odd behaviour, shows research.

As diplomats in Paris began one of their last days to ink a climate treaty, something symbolic took place on the Bloomberg Carbon Clock -- the real-time estimate of the atmosphere's CO2 level.

Two passionate members of the New Zealand Antarctic Society are bound for Antarctica today.

Scientists claim that for the first time, they have programmed a machine to learn in the same way as humans.

Experts have found that being handsome can actually impede a man's professional progress.