The more we learn about the formation and evolution of our solar system, the more we realise it was far from a sedate, gentle process.

New Zealand is moving by 4cm a year, new satellite surveys have revealed, as tectonic forces deform the land surface by stretching, slimming and sliding it southward.

The Universe is 13.82 billion years old, give or take 20 million years. This was established from precise measurements of the cosmic microwave background.

The moon. Our nearest neighbour. The main source of the ocean's tides, and a beacon that drives the lives of animals across the globe.

As they did on the afternoon of March 17, tens of thousands of Aucklanders take to Facebook and Twitter to express their amazement that their seemingly quake-free city has had a rumble.

New Zealand's research and development spend rose to $2.6b last year but remains far below many other OECD countries as a proportion of GDP.

An agri-tech company developing wireless devices to track the health of cows has been awarded a $1 million grant.

Each year more and more imported pork makes its way into the food chain - writes Dita De Boni - mostly through our consumption of cheap processed meat such as luncheon sausage and cheerios.

Results from international tests which placed our Year 9 students at the bottom of the developed world in mathematics make for depressing reading.

"Have you ever wondered why Asians kids are doing so well in maths and science at schools?" asks George Lim.

Goodbye frosts, hello droughts and bush fires.

Minor surgery could be life-threatening in the future, warn experts in Britain and New Zealand.

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

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.

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.