NZ climate sceptics are more likely to be conservative white men. New study explains why.

Five major groups share their hopes and dreams for action on environment issues next term.

NZ-based radar will tell scientists if two pieces of space junk miss or collide tomorrow.

Climate change isn't a future crisis, but one already transforming NZ, major report shows.

The speed and intensity of NZ's Covid-19 response was globally unprecedented, study shows.

Company is trying to determine what might have caused the illness.

NZ has its first Covid-19 vaccine purchase deal. Jamie Morton explains what that means.

Virus can survive for up to 28 days on smooth surfaces like phone screens, study shows.

Government will let in 250 postgraduate students from next month.

New model simulates chaos a major Alpine Fault quake would cause for South Island roads.

The ozone hole over Antarctica is at its widest and deepest in years. Will that affect us?

La Nina and another possible marine heatwave make for a high-impact combination.

National's Parmjeet Parmar says Govt should intervene in proposed Massey science cuts.

Experts say it's the everyday things that matter.

Researchers have pored over 300,000 cannabis-related NZ tweets - with humorous results.

Cuts proposed by Massey today could spell biggest hit to science academics in NZ history.

We know Covid-19 can be spread through breathing and sneezing. But what about crying?

Kiwi scientists design new way to unravel the genomic origins of "tricky" Covid-19 cases.

With NZ's Covid-19 tests nearing one million, could these three solutions make an impact?

NZ company secures $3.3m in private funding to progress homegrown Covid-19 vaccine.

NZ faces growing extreme heat risk "blindfolded" unless we reassess it, scientist says.

Hopes the new discovery will help those identified high-risk to get protective treatment.

"They're not going to just sit around and watch to see if he gets sick."

The US president ticks the boxes for several major risk factors for severe Covid.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Nope, it's a ruinously expensive toilet for astronauts.

We need to know the exact risks of driverless cars before we ride in them, NZ study finds.

Auckland's first lockdown gave scientists a golden opportunity to study traffic pollution.

A clever new model quietly developed with Govt may change how NZ responds to outbreaks.

Te Tai Tokerau MP focuses on building on initiatives already rolled out by the Govt.

'Our job is to take the fiction out of the science fiction,' NZ space project head says.