NZ is home to tens of thousands of endemic plant, animal, insect and marine species. Jamie Morton looks at 10 new finds.

Venus may get its name from the goddess of love but it is more like a vision of medieval hell.

For all those who just about got their heads around THAT dress, the internet has thrown another curve ball. This optical illusion could tell you if you need glasses.

Too many energy drinks can trigger sudden heart attacks even in healthy people, according to scientists, who have warned parents to watch how many cans their children consume.

Why do we laugh? The obvious answer is that something is funny. But if we look closer at when and how laughter occurs in ordinary social situations, we see that it's not so simple.

There will be a need to uproot communities and retreat from some areas because of climate change, the chief executive of Local Government New Zealand says.

A hospital known for pioneering face transplant surgery has carried out its most complex operation yet, reconstructing a man's lower face and neck.

Scientists have mapped the features of the world's most beautiful men and women - and Natalie Portman and David Gandy are the closest real-life examples.

A new method that screens embryos for more than 200 disorders is already making dreams come true, reports Sarah Knapton from London.

A state-of-the-art underwater glider - the first of its kind in New Zealand - is set to uncover new insights into our offshore environment.

Who volunteers to have sex in a laboratory? I was struck by this question when reading about an experimental study of ideal sexual positions for men with back pain.

When he was 5, Glenn Martin dreamed of flying to school.

On the quest to find true love, it is a well-used adage that one must kiss a few frogs before meeting a prince. And it would appear this theory is accurate.

The jagged teeth of a hefty predator that lived in our waters 80 million years ago have been discovered in a Hawkes Bay forest.

Almost nobody was born under the sign they think they are, as the astrological calendar has failed to be updated as our position in relation to the stars has changed.

The detection of miniature black holes by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) could prove the existence of parallel universes.

A small NZ beauty company has recorded a breakthrough in scientific tests.

An attack of the giggles can sometimes appear at the strangest moments, but laughter often isn't to do with comedy value.

Dug out of a car park five centuries after his mutilated body was unceremoniously interred, England's Richard III will finally be given a burial fit for a king.

When teenagers complain they are not understood, they are struggling to understand their own impulses and obsessions. They may find some answers in neuroscience.

Newly discovered ancestor of modern crocodiles may have been one the world's top predators before dinosaurs arrived.

Auditor-General Lyn Provost says more work needs to be done on the business case for a $100 million restructuring of AgResearch, the country's largest Crown Research Institute.

Dr Michelle Dickinson, aka ‘Nanogirl’, who runs New Zealand's only nanomechanical lab, talks about science on TV, radio, social media and in schools.