Jump off the couch. A workout is only as far away as your computer screen, writes Susan Edmunds.

New spy software has gone on sale in NZ to allow parents to monitor their children's text messages and cellphone calls.

Bacon. It's everywhere. Wendy's features it in the "Baconator" and Paula Deen crumbles it into quiche. Ditto for those deluxe cupcakes top-heavy with frosting. Is there a bakery or supermarket that doesn't sell them?

Bloggers have been elevated to front row status but now that they're 'in', can they maintain their objectivity?

New Zealand is good at doing small, complex clinical trials. We are reasonably priced, we have robust ethics oversight and good researchers.

New Zealand researchers have shed new light on the phenomenon which causes black holes to explode.

Kiwis appear to be calling time on their love affair with beer, partly because of spiralling living costs.

Research debunks the theory that "newer" genes are less essential to our survival than more established ones.

It's muscles, not mussels, that could be emerging from the sea, thanks to sea squirts.

Researchers hope link to New Zealand native plant will boost appeal to Maori smokers

Scientist says that exercise is the key to mental fitness.

The newest edition of the New American Bible will replace the words "booty", "holocaust" and other phrases.

The magnetic north pole is moving faster than at any time in human history.

Many older workers are choosing work over retirement and often it's not for the money.

Brian Cox is passionate about how we could use what now is simply wasted, as well as bits of surplus land which can be used to grow sources of energy in different forms.

New Zealand could make much greater use of satellite images, says Southland group.

TVNZ is aiming at the YouTube generation with its new multi-screen channel. Jacqueline Smith reports.