The Government lays out a 10-year plan for investing in science.

200 new species have been discovered in the Eastern Himalayas in the past five years.

Dr Tom Trnski, head of natural science at Auckland Museum thinks that our marine systems could recover if humans back off.

The Government has laid out its plans for investment in science over the next 10 years, including changes to the main funding mechanism.

Pills that mimic the benefits of exercise without any of the hard work could soon be available, scientists believe.

Evolutionary biologist and writer Richard Dawkins says he suspects religion is "dying" in New Zealand and that's a good thing for science and education.

Who we find attractive isn't determined by some complex genetic construct, but simply by our own personal experiences.

After months of pilot programmes OMGTech! launched their nationwide initiative to enable access for all children in NZ to learn advanced technology.

Kiwi space company Rocket Lab may be flying spacecraft to the lunar surface as soon as 2017.

Babies are more active in the uterus when a pregnant mother lies on her left side than on her back, according to important new research.

New Zealand receives big warning it's gazing down the barrel of the worst El Nino summer since the calamitous 1997/98 event.

Notable family's large donation helps repair telescope damaged in 2011 Christchurch earthquake.

Doctor's "inclusive and unselfish" work to inspire female immunologists rewarded.

Exhaustive review concludes upping calcium intake through food or supplements is unlikely to improve bone health or prevent fractures in older people.

Bowel cancer patients with higher levels of vitamin C in their tumours have extended disease-free survival - is the same true for breast cancer?

A new experiment has created a cloak that, for the first time, can hide small objects of any shape completely from visible light.

Scientists are pitting a tiny Chinese bug against a pest shrub believed to worsen respiratory problems in a world-first Waikato trial.

The discovery of water seeping out of the steep slopes of Mars could be an indication of life on the red planet, a Kiwi astronomer says.

Dr Michelle Dickinson this week launches one of her proudest inventions - a new charity that will connect our kids with technology and hands-on innovation.

Work is to start on removing human bones from a restaurant building site at Auckland's Long Bay Regional Park.

The tiny native bird, which is only slightly larger than a house sparrow, features in a new study in the leading scientific journal Animal Behaviour

Women could be offered new treatments to prevent breast cancer returning following a crucial discovery by scientists.

The All Blacks will bring home the Rugby World Cup - but only after an excruciating four-point win over England, according to a maths equation.

The Herald's science writer Jamie Morton on this week's scientific breakthroughs.

Whenever I'm asked if I have any dietary restrictions I always reply with "yes, I don't diet".

A Kiwi inventor's quest for cash to pay for incubators has attracted a helping hand from a father with reason to be grateful.

If AgResearch were to disappear from the face of the earth, there would hardly be a ripple in New Zealand agriculture, writes Dick Wilkins. This is a tragedy, and the only solution is to disband AgResearch as we know it.

Kiwi scientists have mapped in great detail a huge area of seafloor northeast of Auckland - equivalent to the size of Israel.

24 per cent of New Zealanders have reported feeling tired on a daily basis in a Southern Cross Healthcare Group survey.

A man confined to a wheelchair is able to walk again after United States scientists reconnected his brain and legs.