Peter Wood writes on the importance of resuming commerce after an emergency.

With planning and a bit of luck it's possible to survive a natural disaster without major loss of life.

Citizen cyberscience is a grass-roots initiative that harnesses the power of online volunteers.

The fault that ruptured the surface of Canterbury paddocks and produced the magnitude 7.1 earthquake has been quiet for at least 16,000 years.

Large tracts of silty, low-lying land compounded the effects of the Christchurch earthquake, as whole streets were transformed from firm land to sludge.

Chris de Freitas says risk-management planning can help society in practical and economic ways.

NZ researchers have transformed one kiwifruit into 100 plastic spoons and sewage into power.

Standing on snakes and having trees fall on him are all in a day's work for the archaeologist who's been called Auckland's Indiana Jones.

The first draft of the Neanderthal genome suggests that humans and Neanderthals once interbred, writes Mary Gray.

Now 22 years old, the IPCC is in need of structural reform to defuse ongoing attacks from its detractors.

Scientists have identified a diet that works even better than a fruit and vegetable eating plan to cut the risk of heart attacks.

Scientists have found the first inherited link to common migraine and a possible reason for extreme headaches.

The international panel set up to advise governments on the effects of global warming 'needs a major overhaul', a report says.

New Zealand fertility experts are asking whether money could be offered to encourage men and women to donate sperm and eggs for childless couples.

One of NZ's greatest scientists was investigated by Britain's MI5 as a suspect in passing information to Russia on the first atomic bombs, according to newly released files.

In an effort to control the spread of bacteria which are harmful to humans, the science world is always coming up with interesting innovations.

Scientists will use DNA profiling for the first time to count the critically endangered Maui dolphins.

If your job seems a bit humdrum, what should you do? If you're anything like these two Auckland creatives, you self-publish something that combines your passions for art and science.

Rachael Darcie McKinnon rounds up the best the web has to offer.

Scientists have developed a new kind of drug that shows signs of being effective against the ebola virus.

Could we be heading towards a future in which technology blurs the line between living and non-living machines?

Recent research shows that the tuatara is not as genetically distinctive as first thought.

A US law means supplies of the gas - a vital component in MRI scans - are vanishing fast.