We're known for being clean and green, but Kiwis are still eating up at least twice their fair share of the planet when it comes to sustainability.

The belief that nervous shock can cause you to go grey overnight (medically termed canities subita) is one of those tales that could nearly be true.

The Government's chief pharmaceutical officer, Keith Ridge, said although the control mechanism for prescribing antibiotics had been strengthened in hospitals.

At a secret location just north of Auckland, an experiment has started which might alter the face of New Zealand's $12 billion dairy industry.

The planned release of vast numbers of imported dung beetles could spread nasty gut diseases, Auckland's top public health doctor has warned.

Scientists appear a step closer to conquering the Aids virus after doctors in the United States confirmed they had cured an infant born with HIV for the first time.

Gun shots slow down and lose power almost immediately after they enter water - and the shark would need to have been on the surface for hits to be fatal, experts say.

Conservationists say our lack of protection measures for sharks is a source of global embarrassment but the industry argues the debate is clouded by emotion.

Mosquitos can grow immune to repellent in as quickly as three hours, according to new research.

The scientist who has given a "sixth sense" to laboratory animals has promised an even bigger revolution in the research field he has pioneered.

Lower Hutt mum Sarah Mahy says the Canterbury University study might clarify for her how concerned she should be about her children's speech.

The meteor that caused devastation in the Russian town of Chelyabinsk could have struck the British Isles if it had entered the Earth's atmosphere at a slightly different time of day.

Could it be that the humble sea urchin has come to the rescue? Sam Judd finds that the latest technological breakthrough for waging war on carbon emissions has the spiny sea creatures to thank.

Even though wheelchairs may fold up for easy transport in a car or plane, their wheels don't get smaller. That's where the Morph Folding Wheelchair Wheel comes in.