Is love just a troublesome artifice we've created for ourselves, or a fundamental part of human existence, to be cherished even when it hurts us?

A "blinding" flash, intense explosion and sonic booms experienced over much of the country last night were probably caused by a meteor, experts agree.

Two large sharks have been spotted of the northern NSW coast where a surfer was fatally attacked, forcing authorities to reassess beaches.

Authorities have revealed a large great white shark was behind Australia's latest shark fatality, as video footage has emerged of the attack.

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has today rejected an application for a major seabed mining operation proposed off the coast of Canterbury.

In November last year Datacom attended the New Zealand Job Fair in Sydney, organised by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

A young woman was seen moving towards police with a knife before officers fired two shots in a fatal shooting outside a Sydney fast-food outlet.

The sharp decline in honeybees has been linked to changes in foraging behaviour brought on by stress, a study has found.

The researchers believe their findings could help in the battle to curb the world's growing obesity problem.

Kiwis travelling to the Pacific are being warned to take all measures to avoid mosquito bites - as the number of people returning with viruses continues to increase.

“He lost both his legs," says a local after a killer shark apparently came out of nowhere and attacked a man off a NSW beach.

Gisborne Police and the Fire Service had not received any call outs for damage related to the earthquake.

In a major breakthrough, Kiwi scientists have helped reveal the clearest picture yet of what happens deep under the Earth, transforming understanding of tectonic plates.

A year ago I started subscribing to Scientific American, a publication my older brother has read for years.

Former director of Florida’s Kennedy Space Centre Jim Kennedy spent almost 40 years with Nasa. The retiree now travels, speaking on leadership.

'Eat butter. Scientists labelled fat the enemy. Why they were wrong" was the headline on a Time magazine cover last year.

Rain forecast for this week is unlikely to offset a soil-parching big dry that has put much of the country at serious fire risk and begun to hurt farmers in hot-spot areas.

Chemical changes in DNA can help us understand people’s “biological age” - a measure of how old their body is that seems to be able to predict when people are going to die.

We tell 10 lies every week — but what’s the reasoning behind so many untruths, asks Olivia Goldhill.

Eleven great white sharks have been spotted at a single site in the Kaipara Harbour - the largest concentration of the species yet seen in the upper North Island.

Two-thirds of more than 160 monitored river swimming sites in NZ have been deemed unsafe for a dip. Where are the worst spots?

An innovative concept which would override the damaging brain patterns of Parkinson's disease could give new hope to sufferers.

Cutting-edge laser technology that can quickly build a 3D model of a crime scene will bring new clarity to New Zealand courtrooms.

A new laser that can build a 3D colour image of crime scenes will bring new clarity to New Zealand courtrooms.

Being a teacher doesn't just mean losing your patience with unruly pupils - it can also mean losing your voice.

There’s always one in a crowd, a person mosquitoes seem to target more than others. What is it about these unlucky chosen few that makes them mosquito magnets?

Hopes of finding water-based life in our galaxy took a leap forward after five Earth-sized planets were found around a distant star.

People who live beside Auckland's Southern Motorway are subjected to air pollution at nearly double the level of those 130m further away, research shows.