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

Late night revellers may think nothing of relieving themselves in public and now some walls are fighting back against the disgusting habit.

Researchers found a class of inexpensive, existing generic called aromatase inhibitors, which suppress hormones, reduce recurrence rates by 30 per cent as compared with tamoxifen.

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.

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.

Curvaceous women are more sensitive to pain than others, scientists believe. They said this vulnerability makes them even more attractive to men.

New research suggests you have little hope of keeping mosquitos at bay, with scientists describing their hunting strategy as "annoyingly robust."

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.

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.

Earth is 15 years from a "mini ice age" that will cause bitterly cold winters during which rivers freeze over, scientists have predicted.

Scientists have discovered at least two species of sharks living in an underwater volcano near the Solomon Islands.

While we share travel photos and life musings with a long list of virtual friends, the average person still only relies on a few people.

After giving scientists a heart attack at the weekend, Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft seems to be recovering.

We celebrate the winners of this year’s Sir Peter Blake Leadership Awards by profiling a Blake leader each Monday. Today's Blake leader is Dr Michelle Dickinson aka Nanogirl.

Kiwis can now use a beer byproduct to fill their cars, with a new biofuel being unveiled at an Auckland service station today.

A scientist who has just overseen a sprawling nationwide bird count is keen to find out exactly why a chilly early winter has brought more feathered visitors into our back gardens.

Austrian scientists have come up with a method that allows calculation of the time of death even after ten days.