Children are being moulded into desired citizens at preschool through government-funded literature focusing on emotions, says an award-winning thesis.

Above us, our nearest, potentially habitable planet is being explored by three spacecraft in its orbit and two on its surface.

In the parks, beaches, back gardens and forests of the country, non-scientists can help with with a raft of research projects.

For the past 15 years, a Kiwi marine explorer has been tracking great white sharks around the world, helping answer one of the biggest questions concerning great whites — their home range.

Scientists are to check whether NZ muttonbirds that spend the winter off the coast of Japan have been exposed to radiation from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant.

An important breakthrough, unveiled today, will help scientists get to grips with what shapes the different parts of our bodies.

Are we doing enough? As another report lays out the benefits of a green economy science reporter Jamie Morton looks at what we're doing to achieve it.

The familiar scent of its owner lingers like perfume in a dog's brain, US scientists claim.

Imagine a world in which the advances of the science since the publication of 'On the Origin of Species' - or even since Charles Darwin was born - were ignored.

A new survey has reaffirmed the threat of an underwater landslide sending a rapid-fire tsunami towards the Kaikoura coast.

American scientists operating a $23 million telescope in Antarctica have announced the discovery of what could be described as the fingerprint of God.

Scientists have detected the enigmatic ripples in deep space that were triggered by the rapid expansion of the Universe during the earliest moments of its creation some 13.7 billion years ago.

Cosmologists were last night excitedly anticipating one of the biggest scientific breakthroughs in history - a direct window into how the universe was born.

A Kiwi believes she has what it takes to spend a year on "Mars" - although any close encounters won't be with cute aliens but curious polar bears.

Kaikoura's world-renowned wild marine environment will be better protected by a new marine reserve.

135 years ago today, Albert Einstein, one of the world’s most influential physicists was born in Germany. Today, in celebration of his birthday, we share 10 of his most enduring quotes.

The humble radiata pine might not seem an obvious target for millions of dollars of research and development.

European humans have become "whiter" in the past 5,000 years, undergoing a distinct change in their DNA due to natural selection, according to scientists.

Warm, wet weather spanning several decades helped one of history's most fearsome tyrants to conquer most of Asia and Eastern Europe.

The control room for the crippled No 1 and No 2 reactors is coated in pink plastic sheeting. The lights on the monitoring panels are all out.

Caroline Little isn't scared of earthquakes. She has found herself beset by them for much of her life.

A UK scientist who linked old mining operations to serious floodwater contamination in Wales has begun a similar investigation in the Hauraki Plains.

Oxygen-deprived babies born with brain damage could make miraculous recoveries thanks to research that aims to help prevent the injury spreading.

Dr Nicola Gaston tells a story about an encounter at an international conference dinner one night in 2012.

The brains of patients with Parkinson's disease who had deep brain stimulation treatment produced new stem cells, according to new research.

It's been called the poor man's teleporter, based on the fictional Star Trek invention that beamed humans on to hostile planets and reassembled them, molecule by molecule.