Women who use their own tissue in breast reconstruction have fewer post-op complications.

NZ-Singapore study reveals two forms of heart failure aren't as similar as first thought.

Shaun Hendy wants to walk the walk on climate by taking train instead of plane this year.

Universities want the Government to stump up with extra cash.

Clare Reynolds switched from regular to diet fizz during pregnancy. But was it any better?

Poverty, ethnicity don't explain the link, researchers say.

Beachgoers asked to look out for ailing sealife, amid worries about killer disease.

Forest and Bird is worried sewage overflows could be hurting Auckland's marine life.

Leading astronomers have questioned NZ's involvement in planet's largest radio telescope.

If you thought it's been humid already, be warned - it may be about to get stickier.

Dancing, singing, peeing on yourself - welcome to the secret sex life of a native NZ bat.

The smoothie's creator said she meant no offence, but others feel the name was racist

Oil surveys may impact the foraging habits of korora in the South Taranaki Bight.

Teachers now have to have better English than doctoral students at NZ universities.

People in the Far North were treated to some flashy space fireworks late last night.

An NZ study will shed fresh light on the mysterious cosmic material we call 'dark matter'.

They're called dead zones - patches of water that kill life - and NZ isn't immune to them.

Veteran science journalist Paul Gorman recounts his days covering the Canterbury quakes.

Kiwi four-year-olds appear to be resisting the rising tide of obesity, new findings show.

Group that set up European Students Association are now exposing alleged paedophiles

In our Science Made Simple series, we talk to Professor Cather Simpson about lasers.

It's meant warmer surf, but what has the marine heatwave meant for ocean species?

Our NZ wrens are famously tiny - but they could be key to answering some big questions.

Why do men and women suffer stress differently? Brain researchers aim to solve the puzzle.

Is there such a thing as "healthy" marketing for children? A new study aims to find out.

We talk to three experts about some diets making headlines in 2017.

An unstoppable kauri-killing disease may have been lurking here for centuries.

Nostalgia and Kiwi favourites combine for new ice-block in time for summer.

George Orwell's 1984 is all too real, but we only have ourselves to blame.

Up to 6000 New Zealand babies could benefit from the findings of a New Zealand study.