It has been "sleeping" quietly in space for more than two and a half years.

Prostate operations become safer and painless with more accurate, powerful device.

Does working in a high-rise building or spending a lot of time downtown expose you more to dust-borne bugs?

Young kids who use an iPad or other touch-screen device can get the same benefits as physical play, new research indicates - although the type of virtual activity is crucial.

Kiwiboatbuilder Rob Innes has helped construct a line of supercharged vessels that look like sharks, dolphins or killer whales.

The Russian ship that became stuck in Antarctic ice for two weeks has sailed into a New Zealand harbour.

Kiwi businesses are calling for more research and development incentives from the Government, as the election looms later this year.

Scientists monitoring solar activity believe a mass ejection of particles from the sun could mean people in some parts of Britain and North America are treated to a rare glimpse of the Aurora Borealis over the next few hours.

When Dr Benjamin O'Brien invented technology that gave artificial muscle devices lifelike reflexes, he unlocked a world of endless possibilities.

Genetically modified organisms were illegally sent out of the country by University of Auckland staff.

Pastafarian minister Christopher Schaeffer was sworn into the Pomfret New York Town Councilwith a colander on his head throughout the ceremony to represent his unique religious beliefs.

A promotional demonstration of KODE Biotech technology.

An Auckland scientist has invented molecules that can attach themselves to any surface in a few minutes and modify every type of cell or virus.

Revelations from 3D imaging study may prompt rethink on origins of vast underwater ridge east of Auckland.

Massey University researchers are painstakingly unravelling DNA sequences in the hope of gaining valuable insight into the causes of cancer.

Pre-school teacher Nicola Fahey is one of just 0.5 per cent chosen from the original pool of people who put their hands up for a one-way ticket.

Early childhood education centres are targeted in a new study examining some of the root causes of NZ's growing obesity problem.

All 52 passengers, including six Kiwis, from a ship trapped in thick Antarctic ice, have been helicoptered off.

Passengers aboard the Akademik Shokalskiy are now being evacuated from the research ship that has been stuck in Antarctic sea ice for more than a week.

If there was ever a reason not to be nosey, then this video is it. And if you happen to be an arachnophobe, the scenes here are the stuff of your darkest nightmares.

Passengers on board a research ship that has been trapped in Antarctic ice for a week are expected to be rescued by helicopter, officials say.

A rescue icebreaker sent to retrieve more than 70 people on a marooned research ship in the Antarctic sea ice has been forced to turn around after coming within 19km of the vessel.

Observer writers look at hot topics for next year, from surveillance to missions to map out the galaxy.

Kiwi ornithologist Kerry-Jayne Wilson's fourth day stranded on a ship trapped by pack ice in Antarctica started with news that rescue could still be days away.

A rescue icebreaker is making steady progress zig-zagging through ice to rescue an ice-trapped ship in Antarctica with 74 people on board, including six New Zealanders.

A ship trapped by heavy sea ice in Antarctica with 74 people on board, including six Kiwis, will not be rescued until tomorrow night at the earliest.

Kiwis are in for an astronomical treat in April and October next year