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.

A look into how some of New Zealand's biggest volcanoes erupted hundreds of years ago could help predict lava flows for future eruptions.

From the steaming banks of Lake Rotomahana, watching a man hanging off the side of a boat and dropping a strange yellow object into the water may seem an odd sight.

Scientists have uncovered an infectious giant virus that had been entombed in Siberian permafrost for 30,000 years.

Ears and noses could be grown in a laboratory and transplanted into humans using a technique developed by British scientists.

A future where our elderly have faithful robot servants to look after them might be closer than we think, with the Govt offering researchers new cash to push the concept forward.

A gem found on a sheep ranch in Australia has been found to have formed 4.4 billion years ago - making it the oldest piece of our planet ever recorded.

The impact of volcanic eruptions on global warming could provide a new explanation for the so-called “pause” used by sceptics to deny climate change, scientists say.

How do you stop truckloads of unsaleable food from going to the dump - and turn it into something useful? Put a few thousand piggies in the middle.

There's been plenty of news lately about sinkholes. What exactly are they - and why do so many seem to be opening up around the Earth?

Most couples will testify that their sex life plummets on the birth of a new baby, with new mothers often worrying that they are no longer attractive

Using advances in genetic science, a small research team are testing whether it is possible to make an evolutionary loophole work to the advantage of pest control.

They call him 007 because he gets the job done - and for this feathered little thinker, doing so was quite the task.

Crisis shows the value of taking a scientific approach to agriculture.

Digging deep into Rangitoto Island has begun to reveal the explosive secrets of Auckland's youngest volcano - and the risk the city could face in future eruptions.

Scientists have finally come up with an explanation for a visual illusion that was first identified in the 16th century by Galileo Galilei.

Mark Orams will research mammals on the Blake expedition to the Auckland Islands.

In his last months, Sir Peter Blake spoke of something alarming happening in his familiar Southern Ocean.

This week we profile five of the expedition's members, starting with Shelley Campbell, CEO of the Sir Peter Blake Trust.

The final portion has been raised to build oceanographer Jacques Rougerie's gigantic, solar-powered, floating aquatic observation vessel.

"Bionic man is not far away". That's the assessment of World Anti-Doping Agency director-general David Howman as his organisation.