Here are four possible scenarios.

There's a 50/50 chance of a typical NZ summer – or one even balmier than normal.

Researchers exploring stress in Canterbury district rocked by quakes, drought and storms.

2.5m-long shark found at Devonport two days after 3m shark washed up at Stanley Bay.

'There's a quiet beauty here' - InSight's tweets track its progress in real time.

Nanogirl and company present Mātātoa in Whanganui

Researchers concerned over rising number of NZ cases of anti-microbial resistant bug CPE.

US has pulled off seven landings in three decades - but this one won't be easy.

Canada has lessons for New Zealand on regulating legal cannabis.

COMMENT: How often you cry is highly influenced by social and cultural factors.

It's one of the first signs of an advanced alien civilisation.

We're now closer to giving androids greater facial expressions to communicate with.

COMMENT: Ionic wind effect could provide enough propulsion for a large commercial plane.

Study to investigate how problem drinking is worsening NZ's shocking child abuse rates.

And why the study's eyebrow-raising results differed considerably for women.

The Government has stepped in to salvage a master plan to save the Hauraki Gulf.

A new study aims to trace Auckland's microplastic pollution back to their source.

A Scion-led study is applying a New Zealand lens to the worldwide ecological impact of plastics by examining the extent of plastic microparticle pollution of Auckland waterways and coastlines. / Scion Research

The better a person can smell, the more likely they are to be slim, NZ study finds.

Your choice is shaped by how bitter flavours taste.

A meningococcal disease strain that's killed six this year may become dominant form.

What our preferred party leaders say can change what we think about issues, study finds.

Scientists to investigate intriguing "barriers" that can influence Alpine Fault ruptures.

Mindfulness meditation: Ten minutes a day improves cognitive function.

Contrary to popular belief, we're actually better at remembering names than faces.

Scientists question why Government is keeping review of a $1.6b research programme secret.

COMMENT: Scientists are trying to find new sources for the valuable metal lithium.

Astronomers discovered evidence of an alien world unlike anything in our own solar system.

A scientist awarded a top medal has paid tribute to his late brother who also once won it.

Could plants be the key to safer, greener batteries?