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.

What will the world be like in 2040? Jamie Morton looks at four areas ripe for revolution.

In our Science Made Simple series, Dr JJ Eldridge discusses binary stars.

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?

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.

A programme has been developed to battle the "summer slump" in students' learning.

Kiwi researchers are developing a strong, anaesthetic as an opioid alternative

Former PM tells students she learnt more from her losses than her wins.

NZ-led team find what could be vital clue to treating Huntington's Disease for first time.

Feeling beat by the heat? Scientists share some tips on how to help our bodies adapt.

Briefings: Building spree creates a risk that development will exceed demand, TEC says.

Auckland's underground lava caves have been illuminated with incredible new images.

British Columbia turned down Nigel Murray's bid for a medical school in suburban Vancouver

Islands around NZ are being scoped for trials of a radical new gene technology.

Kiwi babies aren't being breastfed for as long as international guidelines recommend.

Artist Billy Apple has helped to prove that microbes in our faeces are unique identifiers.

The technology uses over 150 integrated sensors on a full-body "smart garment".

12 Questions: AUT senior law lecturer Khylee Quince backs a more Maori approach.

Some polytechnics are reporting jumps of up to 19 per cent in early enrolments for 2018.

Ocean drones will probe the wild Cook Strait in new study dubbed "Project Cookie Monster".