New Zealand is in for a long, hot summer as La Nina hits our shores, says the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa).

Alien life has been among us all along, according to new biological findings announced by Nasa.

An Otago University study has challenged the idea that depression and anti-social behaviour are primarily influenced by genes.

Good-looking couples are more likely to have daughters than plainer parents, according to a study.

A team of Victoria University researchers has won New Zealand's most valuable science prize for developing technology that is earning millions of dollars.

Scientists this week announced the first pill to provide effective protection against Aids.

Giant experiment is already providing real return for NZ, says physicist.

Mining companies around the world face a constant struggle to avoid accumulations of methane gas and coal dust underground.

A Glasgow man in his 60s has become the world's first person to receive injections of foetal stem cells.

Organs and bones were illegally harvested from the bodies of dead nuclear industry workers.

Scientists from New Zealand and the United States plan to map the bottom of Lake Rotomahana in the hope of discovering what happened to the Pink and White Terraces hydrothermal system.

The many genes that influence body weight can interact in a complex and unpredictable way that sometimes defies scientific explanation.