A glass of red wine and a bite of chocolate could help you stave off a cold this winter, new Kiwi research shows.

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.

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.

Picture postcard fjords like those in the South Island have been found to likely play a significant part in regulation of the planet's climate, according to a newly published study by Kiwi and international researchers.

Associate Professor Kean Aw has been looking forward to tomorrow for a long time.

The Earth is on course to lose up to one in six of all its species, if carbon emissions continue as they currently are.

Scientists have found around 766 individual methane gas flares off the coast of Gisborne - a “major advance” for science and a first for New Zealand.

Can earthquakes ever be predicted? This question is timely after the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Nepal recently.

A top US Government official visiting the country has praised New Zealand as a “great model” for other countries working to boost their renewable energy generation.

When it comes to big fossil finds, China is full of surprises, and the latest dinosaur discovery is no exception.

Research in the Himalaya is beginning to shed light on the processes that lead to earthquakes, and understand the threat they pose to local people.

A process that could turn harmful gases into useful products like car tyres shows why scientists need to keep challenging our understanding of what are the proteins vital to all life on Earth.

PepsiCo is replacing the controversial artificial sweetener aspartame with Sucralose, better known as Splenda, in a bid to salvage sales.

New Zealand scientists have unveiled major leaps toward cutting greenhouse gas emissions from our belching sheep and cattle, with animal-safe compounds that can slash methane emissions by up to 90 per cent.

A scientist specialising in anti-ageing research has made the bold claim that he will live to be 150, and he takes 100 drugs a day in pursuit of that goal.

A fungus found on caterpillars could be used to relieve pain in osteoarthritis sufferers, according to British researchers.

A Wellington couple battling infertility have turned to Facebook in their hunt for an egg donor.

Grabbing that chocolate bar at the supermarket checkout or raiding the work vending machine at 3pm is the brain's fault - not the belly's.

Scientists have found that the chance of being bitten by a mosquito is written in the genes and some people are just more likely to be attacked no matter what.

I think my brain is full. Seriously, I think all my synapses, or whatever my brain uses to store information, have been used up.