Increasing exposure to artificial blue light is hurting our health and our environment.

Did you know the amount of blue light you are exposed to can affect your health, environment and viewing stars like matariki? / Royal Society Te Apārang

Two years on from the 7.8 Kaikoura Earthquake, rich lessons are still being taught.

Japan's latest whaling expedition into the Southern Ocean has again drawn heavy criticism.

The world's ice sheets could still collapse with less than 2C of warming, review finds.

The maunga authority wants the more restrictive viewshaft rules to take priority.

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What does Antarctica have to do with one of Jupiter's moons? More than you might think.

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A NZ-made diagnostic test could help save the lives of pregnant women and their babies.

We're in for a balmier summer, with a strange El Nino showing up late to the party.

Astronomers spotted something odd last year. Something really odd.

NZ shouldn't rely on seed-banking to save species like kauri from killer plant diseases.

The Tokomak reactor hit 15 million°C at a facility in Oxfordshire.

Geological discovery in rural Karaka a setback for owners' plan to build his dream home.

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Auckland photographer captures the International Space Station zooming past the sun.

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The kiwi's long-lost close cousin loved the night-life as much as our national icon does.

A network of quake-sensing devices captured how yesterday's 6.2 shake was felt around NZ.

The theoretical physicist and best-selling author on why we should leave planet Earth.

Today's 6.2 quake was likely the effect of "contorting" deep within the Pacific plate.

High-resolution images have revealed how an anti-cancer virus interacts with tumour cells.

Kiwis are being called upon to help piece together more than a century of weather records.

Researchers closer to understanding how gut bugs affect development of type 1 diabetes.

Artificial intelligence is coming to a lettuce crop near you.

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