Thousands of men with advanced prostate cancer have been given new hope of a cure after scientists discovered the genetic cause behind 90 per cent of tumours.

Scientists discover genetic background to disease - and treatments are already available.

The Government is fronting up $25 million to kickstart new privately led provincial research institutes.

Up to three new research institutes will be set up in regions outside Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, according to a Budget announcement.

A day after new research into major "megathrust" earthquakes was revealed, a seismologist has been appointed as the first Professor of Earthquake Science at the University of Otago.

Feminists have debated it for decades, but scientists have finally got to the bottom of why men still exist.

A new study suggests that the love hormone, oxytocin, has similar effects to being drunk, and not just the more pleasant aspects of inebriation.

Bioprinted human skin has been on the scene for some time but cosmetics company L'Oreal is hoping to get into the game.

Scientists create a yeast that can turn sugar into opiates, then call for urgent regulation of the technology.

The 7.3 magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal on May 12, just weeks after the devastating 7.8 magnitude event, should be classed as an aftershock rather than a second earthquake.

A Kiwi inventor has made cars glow in the dark.

One of New Zealand's most spectacular tourist destinations could also provide a key to better understanding the large-scale changes in store for the planet.

What could Nigel Latta possibly know about science, the weighty subject that seems to be his cosy new home on telly. Quite a bit, actually.

In a paper published yesterday in Science, researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) describe the unique mechanism that enables the opah, a deepwater predatory fish, to keep its body warm.

Spacecraft Cemetery, 3900km southeast of Wellington, is home to the scattered remains of 161 space stations and robotic freighters.

Scientists have long assumed that all fish are basically cold-blooded, but all that has just changed.

A monster from the deep has washed up on a beach in Kaikoura.

Climate scientists are warning that a large, ocean-driven El Nino system could bring unwelcome weather extremes this year, making the east coast drier.

Sunnier skies are expected for many next week, but Wellington has been warned of more heavy rain in the next day - another test for Wellington’s infrastructure.

The lobby group had lodged an appeal over whether the Northland Regional Council had jurisdiction under the Resource Management Act to ban the outdoor use of GMO matter.

After years of threatening to inject its unwelcome wet and dry extremes into our climate, the chances of El Niño shaking up weather are now greater than ever, scientists say.

Two of New Zealand’s top scientists have watched their daughters graduate on the same stage they were seated this week.

The Bay of Plenty accounts for 5.7 per cent of the national GDP and 6.6 per cent of employment. But its economic growth has been slightly behind the national average.

A Kickstarter campaign to turn Albert Einstein's handwriting into a font has been successfully funded.

Are you tired of The Bachelor's fairytale illusions and want people to know the truth about being a single, straight woman in New Zealand?

You know when you discover your chocolate stash has accumulated weird white stuff all over it and you have to decide, do I eat this? Here's the answer.

Tanks growled across Red Square and fighter jets streaked overhead as Russia celebrated the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II with a mass-ranked display of military might.

The number of single women seeking fertility treatment has almost doubled in two years as career-minded professionals without partners opt to parent alone.