Stalagmites and stalactites could predict the next big quake, or the next super-eruption.

Study reveals Taranaki blew more recently than we thought - with a warning for the future.

Lyttleton locals were so spooked by weird tides that tsunami scientists were alerted.

Kiwi scientists join bold mission to measure mysterious cosmic ripples - from space.

Actually, I'm joining the majority — 95 per cent of humans never fly.

Scientists have suggested a better way to reveal the source of campylobacter outbreaks.

Explosives helping reveal how Antarctica's ice shelves might respond to a warming world.

Scientists are urgently trying to model NZ's "warm" forests to save the birds within them.

Dr Mark McCann calls milk a miracle food - and for good reason.

Researchers have found that 60 per cent of coffee species are at risk of extinction.

Nelson has already felt 15 days of "very high" or "extreme" fire danger this year.

Researchers call for an "urgent review" of global policy to avoid dangerous impacts.

Scientists have many tools at their disposal to study, manipulate and copy genes.

Just 250 of this rare shore bird endemic to New Zealand still remain.

Men's brains are nearly four years "older" than those of females.

Lower Hutt geohazards centre shaking up the way we monitor earthquakes.

New centre already helping us better monitor earthquakes - and could save lives.

Here's something to try to beat that night-time heat - and which may benefit your brain.

If we want bird life, we need healthy bush. If we want healthy bush, possums must go.

A phenomenon Einstein said was "too spooky to be true" could power future computers.

A Kiwi start-up is using drones to clear rats from an island in a world-first mission.

It might be hot – but this month's warmth still doesn't stack up to last January.

The strange formation formed beside Ponui Island.

We're only 'unique' in New Zealand because we haven't included our treaty in domestic law.

As Kiwis head to their local swimming holes, Dr Mike Joy discusses our freshwater crisis.

Feeling hotter at your place than MetService is reporting? You might well be right.

Science reporter Jamie Morton asks five big questions about the current heatwave.

How is your body coping with this heat? Science reporter Jamie Morton gives some insight.

NZ scientists have condemned a controversial Chinese gene-editing experiment.

Scientists will try to model the hidden earthquake risk below Taranaki.