A NZ scientist is exploring a new high-blocking vaccine for drug addiction.

Corin Copeland has a heart condition that is so rare that it has no name.

The asteroid claimed the dinosaurs, but T.rex was joined by hordes of other living things.

COMMENT: European Union moves fast to consign speeding to the past.

A group of students out on a field trip encountered a humpback whale caught up in rope.

Kiwi kids have made an unlikely plea to PM Jacinda Ardern: ban junkfood marketing.

A dramatic new stocktake shows climate change is here - and now affecting millions of us.

Rising seas are putting hundreds of campgrounds and archaeological sites at risk.

Five NZ islands in global list of offshore havens to save Earth's most threatened species.

The study may also prove a crucial fresh starting point for an Alzheimer's cure.

Energy demand around the world grew by the most rapid increase in a decade.

Biological emissions from farms should be policed differently to CO2, watchdog says.

Scientists have unravelled the 7.8 Kaikōura Earthquake - the most complex ever recorded.

Leading DNA expert believes he can answer forensic question baffling investigators.

Whale song recordings aid recovery of rare ocean giant.

NZ's famous glaciers are looking "sad and dirty" after another brutally warm summer.

Scientists make crucial discoveries about a NZ whale species nearly driven to extinction.

Backyard burial can be dangerous for other pets and wildlife.

Bigger, better accelerator has physicists abuzz.

It was one of the most iconic photos to come out of the recent royal tour.

Twenty years of development finally comes to fruition.

Clearly some people are having trouble understanding this: Climate change is real.

COMMENT: Even one hour of exercise per week reduces the risk of an early death.

Shock at a rogue Chinese experiment sparks a call for international rulebook.

Waihi people are divided over kindergarten kids joining a global strike for climate.

I've been looking for signs of intelligent life in Parliament and it's been a hard slog.

I'd expect the local bastion of news to report all news, even about its own organisation.

Kiwis are helping answer one of the most tantalising questions facing science.

New findings indicate that the resurrection of mammoths is not a fantasy.

It must be depressing being a climate scientist in 2019. But James Renwick perseveres.