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.

A Wellington company's use of sheep gut in reconstructive surgery exposes it to a multi-million-dollar market.

The fewer siblings children have, the happier they are, a survey has suggested.

NZ women have been warned to take care with painkillers during pregnancy, after a study found a link to potential fertility problems in baby boys.

A new species of lizard has become a legend in its own lunchtime after being identified by scientists from the menu of a Vietnamese restaurant.

An Otago University molecular biologist has been awarded New Zealand's top science and technology honour, the 2010 Rutherford Medal.

Kayaker Mark Jones had unexpected company when a pod of whales surrounded him as he paddled to Great Barrier Island.

The body's immune defences can destroy the common cold virus after it has invaded the inner sanctum of a human cell, scientists have found.

This week, a tiny United States robot spacecraft will make a dramatic encounter in deep space.

Australia is much further along than New Zealand when it comes to employing genetic modification in crops.

There's room for both blue-skies research and applied sciences, a conference this month heard.