Apple employees are said to be testing a new Siri function that allows the digital assistant to convert your voicemail messages into texts.

An Auckland's man invention aimed at getting kids to re-live the Kiwi past time of building a treehouse has taken out a national award.

Professor David Frame is the co-author of a newly-published paper which offers what the researchers argue is an effective way to tackle climate change.

New Zealand's postcard glaciers will by 2100 bear little resemblance to how they appear today - and climate change will be to blame.

A Wellington man is in awe after spotting an extra-terrestrial object in the sky over Lyall Bay this morning.

Kiwi scientists are investigating how human skin could be synthetically grown in a lab - something that could revolutionise treatment for burns victims.

Want to know what the weather's going to be doing in Christmas next year?

Watching tropical fish swim around a tank, it can seem like they don't have a care in the world.

People who send text messages on the move are just like drunks, researchers have claimed.

Kepler 452b is so remarkable because it orbits its star at about the same distance that Earth orbits the sun.

Not only is our quirky national bird flightless - it's also colour blind.

'Hangry' - hungry and angry - is a feeling many of us are all too familiar with, but where does it come from and why do we get it?

We've got smartphones, smartglasses and smartwatches - but how about smart slippers?

A team member's view on what it took to get New Horizons all the way to the edge of the solar system.

A fascinating new analysis of family data suggests that after a certain point, the risk of divorce starts to rise again as you get older.

New Zealand's natural honey products have been turned against everything from bugs to burns - now scientists will find out whether they can treat the pesky cold sores.

Nearly all submitters who suggested emissions reduction goals in the Government's climate consultation wanted a target that was much more ambitious.

Cutting-edge thermal technology mixed with building materials could save Kiwi home owners on energy costs by up to 16 per cent each day, new research has found.

A new treatment for a nasty skin condition suffered by tens of thousands of Kiwis could be found in honey produced from NZ's very own kanuka trees.

Can you teach a bird to understand a new language? It turns out you can.

The Jurassic World Velociraptors have got nothing on this dinosaur.

One of New Zealand's top researchers is calling on fellow scientists to see that their work is nominated for major science awards this year.

A landmark partnership between Japan and New Zealand scientists will help better understand the threat that tsunamis pose to our country.

Vegetarians rejoice! Researchers at Oregon State University have patented a new strain of succulent red marine algae that tastes like bacon when it's cooked.

Dwarf planet's icy mountains are equivalent of ten-and-a-half Sky Towers stacked on top of one another.

Nasa release amazingly detailed photos of Pluto - and there's a surprise: youthful mountains rising high above the dwarf planet's icy surface.

Ellie is a virtual human created by scientists at the University of Southern California to help patients feel comfortable talking about themselves so they'll be honest with their doctors.

What have drones got to do with native plants? Quite a lot actually. And science reporter Jamie Morton will tell us why.

A 15-year-old British boy has developed a potential test for Alzheimer's disease that could allow the condition to be diagnosed 10 years before first symptoms appear.