More than 50 per cent of Wellingtonians believe the Capital's 'Golden Mile' should be made smokefree, a study suggests.

Scientists using underwater robots have discovered remnants of the Pink Terraces on the floor of Lake Rotomahana, near Rotorua.

X marks the spot for eager youngsters in our treasure trove of fossil shellfish and dinosaur bones, writes Alex Tully.

The Security and Intelligence Service failed to follow basic procedures when it granted a security clearance to Stephen Wilce, the former director of defence technology who embellished claims about his experience.

The difficulty is that most university lecturers aren't trained teachers but have generally "picked it up on the job".

The human nose contains roughly 400 olfactory receptors, but no two people have the same sense of smell.

The reign of the kilo as we know it may be about to come to an end.

Ethics experts have approved NZ's first clinical trial using adult stem cells to treat people with spinal injuries.

Two blokes with a love of weird science have created pretty much everything but the perfect woman for their new show.

Google has announced an online global science fair allowing any student with a web connection and a Google account to enter a competition with a NZ$64,800 prize.

Experts blame a combination of a La Nina weather pattern and global warming for the magnitude of the Queensland flood disaster.

What if a DNA reading machine could be fed through a machine, much like swiping your credit card?

A couple so desperate for a baby girl that they terminated twin boys are fighting to choose the gender of their next child.

Smelling a woman's tears can quell a man's sexual desire, a study has found.