Leonardo da Vinci's genius most likely due to eyesight flaw
Leonardo da Vinci's keen eye for art may have been due to vision problem.
Leonardo da Vinci's keen eye for art may have been due to vision problem.
A chance find on a Northland beach now helping scientists learn more about mako sharks.
University will seek staff and public input on what qualities to seek in its next leader.
COMMENT: The scientific process is not perfect.
Respected logician Rod Downey this year's recipient of NZ's highest science honour.
COMMENT: It needs WWIII to turn this overloaded, burning, sinking global ship around.
Shortly before his death, Hawking began compiling the answers to 10 fundamental questions.
Glyphosate, methyl bromide, triclosan not on EPA's hit-list of 40 chemicals to reassess.
Few businesses in NZ's biggest city fully prepared for natural disasters, new study finds.
Hawking's last prediction before he died seven months ago has been revealed in new book.
Male and female promotional Lego cards can be 'overwhelmingly stereotypical',says study.
Psychopathy, narcissism, sadism and spitefulness all linked to a "dark core".
Bacteria speed up antibiotic resistance when exposed to Roundup, new study finds.
A Chinese DNA breakthrough may point to a new way for same-sex couples to reproduce.
We're all frogs in climate change's pot - but there's still time to turn the burner down.
Wastewater from 80 per cent of New Zealand to be tested for illegal drug use
It's time to put greed and denial aside and tackle climate change, Dr Geoff Bertram says.
Scientists deploying quake sensors along NZ's big-risk Hikurangi Subduction Zone.
New research has revised the dates of past eruptions - and may help predict future ones.
Methane must be tackled along with CO2 and N2O, climate scientist Dr Jim Salinger says.
Cutting-edge research by the Liggins Institute could also help with other health problems.
Third Nobel for women in physics has been far too long in coming.
COMMENT: New research explores how and why animals' different skin types develop.
Childhood sexual abuse may leave "molecular scars" on victim's DNA, scientists have said.
Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work with lasers.
"Worst case scenario" for particle accelerators could mean the end of Earth as we know it.
COMMENT: Environment Commissioner's report lacks proper scientific understanding.
Neve charmed people and awakened the parts of their brains that want to protect life
How is our polluted air harming us - and is there anything we can do about it?
COMMENT: Plastics are affecting turtle populations but probably not in the way you think.