Climate change a 'medical emergency'
The last 50 years of gains in development and global health could be undone by the “medical emergency” that is the threat of climate change to human health, scientists said today.
The last 50 years of gains in development and global health could be undone by the “medical emergency” that is the threat of climate change to human health, scientists said today.
When is our next big bang? That's the explosive question a team of scientists are going to try to answer.
University of Otago researchers joined almost 200 scientists from around the world to head out to take marine samples as part of the second Ocean Sampling Day yesterday.
Earth has entered its sixth mass extinction with animals dying out at 100 times the normal rate, scientists have warned.
Pig cells are behind a new treatment which could help those living with Parkinson's disease combat its dramatic and sometimes debilitating effects.
The ability to grow bones and organs in the lab for transplants has moved a step closer following a major breakthrough.
Food is an integral part of life, and New Zealand has carefully cultivated a global reputation for food quality and safety, writes Steve Maharey.
In the largest study of its kind, the researchers monitored more than 1,100 proteins in the blood of 106 pairs of twins.
Dr Geoff Chambers sees an era, maybe only a decade away, where we'll all receive personalised medicine based on our own distinct DNA make-up.
A Nobel-winning British scientist who claimed that women are a distraction in the laboratory cried when he was told to resign.
It is often said that you are what you eat. But it seems that what your mother ate is also important. Research has linked a woman's diet before she becomes pregnant to the long-term health of her future child.
Children learn to associate science with men at early ages. Over 40 years ago, less than 1 per cent of American and Canadian elementary school children drew a woman when asked to draw a scientist.
The cancer-causing gene mutation that actress Angelina Jolie famously pre-empted with preventive surgery is the focus of groundbreaking new Kiwi research.
Kiwi scientists are turning exterminators to help get rid of 'crazy' ants that are terrorising Pacific Island villagers.
Andrew Stone goes in search of his ethnic roots with the help of science and a little bit of saliva.
Understanding the causes of polycystic ovarian syndrome.
The annual Wacky Racers' event is being held in Christchurch tomorrow.
The brain is truly a marvel. But is there a point where it reaches capacity? In other words, can the brain be "full"?
Kiwi inventor Sir Ray Avery is getting help from dozens of artists around the world to raise money for lifesaving baby incubators.
New Zealand has three new dames, three more knights and one appointment to the Order of New Zealand in the Queen's Birthday Honours announced today.
Sir Peter Gluckman has spent a lifetime in laboratories, but his biggest breakthroughs took place over a pint of cold beer at the pub.
Her alter ego's name, "Nano Girl", was coined by schoolchildren but top scientist Dr Michelle Dickinson may be more of a superhero than she gives herself credit for.
Winter is coming in an actual sense, in that winter is coming. I know this because the TV weather people are using the term "polar blast".
Killer robots being developed by the US military "will leave humans utterly defenceless", an academic has warned.
A new warning has sounded for the world’s smallest dolphin, with a New Zealand researcher now reporting there are less than 50 Maui’s dolphins left.
The United States space programme is famous for what it invented and also for how much it spent putting men on the moon.