The moon's got nothing to do with it. Unless it does. Which it may. Perhaps. We just don't know. It's a bit like having lucky numbers for Lotto.

The grave of a famous Aboriginal leader has been discovered in a suburban front garden.

New Zealand is good at doing small, complex clinical trials. We are reasonably priced, we have robust ethics oversight and good researchers.

New Zealand researchers have shed new light on the phenomenon which causes black holes to explode.

With so many ways of storing data, are we forgetting how to remember? Not according to US writer Joshua Foer, who reveals new and remarkable strategies for memorising. By Robin McKie.

If you can be sure of one thing, then surely it is that you exist. Even if the world were a dream or a hallucination, it would still need you to be dreaming or hallucinating it.

Research debunks the theory that "newer" genes are less essential to our survival than more established ones.

The Prime Minister's chief science adviser today hit out at earthquake forecasters such as Ken Ring, saying no one can predict when a quake will strike.

Canterbury Scientific Limited opened the doors to its new $1.2 million laboratory complex in Addington a few days before February's devastating earthquake.

Thirty-five jobs may be up for the chop but affected staff are being consulted before any decisions, Niwa says.

Technology to "print" a complete house is just around the corner.

Scientist says that exercise is the key to mental fitness.

The earthquake and last week's deadly tremor were on faultlines that did not exist on GNS Science's database.

I remember when the weather was innocent and free.

Giving "Moon Man" and self-proclaimed earthquake predictor Ken Ring airtime in the media has turned out to be a very bad idea last night, writes Peter Griffin.

The Govt is not ruling out changes to Working for Families or student loans as it considers how to foot the bill for Christchurch's recovery.

New Zealanders have paid tribute to the victims of the Christchurch earthquake with two minutes' silence marking the moment the disaster struck last week.

Last week's 6.3 magnitude earthquake unearthed a time capsule under the toppled statue of one of Canterbury's founding fathers, Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker said today.

The death toll from the Christchurch earthquake is likely to be about 240, police say.

Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker says people should not head into the central city to observe the two minutes' silence in honour of the victims of last week's earthquake today. Civil Defence says 154 bodies have now been recovered.