Study identifies TB gene
An international study has successfully used genome scanning to identify a gene associated with vulnerability to tuberculosis (TB).
An international study has successfully used genome scanning to identify a gene associated with vulnerability to tuberculosis (TB).
A huge undersea volcano has dramatically reduced in size after partly collapsing more than 100 metres toward the ocean floor.
Green bikes, sofas and roofs - there's no excuse not to do your part to save the environment.
The state-owned weather and atmospheric research body is being taken to court over the accuracy of data used to calculate global warming.
Britain's NHS is to trial pills that contain a microchip, reminding patients when to take them.
Archaeologists have found Britain's earliest house, built by Stone Age tribesmen about 11,000 years ago.
The SKA telescope could help reverse our scientific 'brain drain', writes Fran O'Sullivan.
A hypersonic passenger jet has entered its second phase of tests, bringing trips of less than five hours between Australasia and Europe closer.
In scientific terms it is clearly huge. And the impact was no doubt felt in households around the world ... at least those with young children.
The good news from the first Census of Marine Life is: New Zealand's waters are indeed teeming with wondrous creatures and plants.
The hunt is on to find living descendants of South Tyrol's 5300-year-old mummified man.
NZ researchers have established that vitamin C can help to block the growth of cancer cells.
Forget the Large Hadron Collider, Cern's scientists have their hearts set on a new, $9.48 billion, 31km Linear Collider.