A state-of-the-art centre will keep a constant watch on NZ's biggest geological threats.

Almost 200 countries agree on this crucial issue, but just four could force a showdown.

We're likely consuming the plastics we put in the ocean. And there's even worse news.

Scientists are excited at the carbon-capturing potential of a new class of compounds.

We know less about what's beneath Antarctic ice shelves than we do about Mars' surface.

Nicola Patrick on the spirit of Christmas

COMMENT: An interplanetary vacuum cleaner may be about to change the world.

Honeymoon long over? Hang in there, researchers say.

Sir David Levene says his wife's struggle with Parkinson's inspired his latest donation.

Of all the critters living in our waterways, the tadpole shrimp is among the strangest.

Rotorua Daily Post readers have their say.

Our hottest ever summer drove the Southern Alps' biggest seasonal melt, scientist says.

NZ study could tell us more about mysterious gravitational waves - and what causes them.

We commemorate Anzac Day. So why have we forgotten conflicts fought on our own soil?

As far as singing prowess goes, the myna is the Bon Scott to our tui's Beyonce. But why?

Why care about Antarctica? what happens there, matters here, Jamie Morton explains.

Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys are among the most inhospitable places on Earth.

Maps reveal how NZ's seismicity stacks up against other shaky parts of the planet.

Construction boom in China unearths so many fossils that 70 new species have been named.

We've only scratched at the surface in past 50 years.

We'll soon be able to reveal climate change's hand in extreme weather - and in real time.

Kiwi-made tech paves the way to move MRI brain imaging outside large imaging suites.

In a new TV series, paediatrician Dr Guddi Singh examines the behaviour of babies.

Leading scientists explain their search for the secrets of the Hikurangi zone.

Scientists explain why we shouldn't like the taste of coffee, yet we do.

COMMENT: New research reveals why some spines are easier to remove than others.

White Island's rising crater lake could overflow midway through next year, scientists say.

Scientists said the risks are too great to permit clinical trials at this time.

Scientist's experiment to alter the DNA of twin babies could have far-reaching effects.

Scientists say they're settled on the long-lost Pink and White Terraces' former location.