A new study investigating intriguing links between mental illness and heart disease risk is among $1.5 million in grants announced today.

Advertisements are being placed at supermarkets by people wanting to live in cars seeking "driveway and shower" arrangements.

Flying drones close enough to southern right whales to catch some of the bugs they blow out will help tell scientists more about the effects climate change is having on the planet.

Three inexperienced surfers are counting their lucky starfish after getting caught in a rip and being sucked out to sea yesterday.

Labour's new emergency housing promise is a vast improvement on its last effort.

Researchers at Otago University have found that electronic cigarettes pose potential health risks to users.

When Claire French was attacked and left for dead by machete-wielding robbers in Tanzania last year, her planned graduation was the last thing on her mind.

How do you stop cows burping? Or override Parkinson's disease? Jamie Morton celebrates 10 top pieces of Kiwi science and innovation.

University of Otago student asked: Can you do my assignment?

Buzzword has been cited as a major reason for problem drinking.

Univerity of Otago dentistry students were forced to re-sit their last exam without being told why, after 98 unmarked scripts were stolen from the Clocktower building.

She says science isn't there to back up University of Otago's ban on e-cigarettes.

University of Otago staff who avoided campus on the day of gun threat will have their annual leave deducted.

University of Otago domestic students face a 3 per cent increase on "already huge" tuition fees for next year, meaning more than $900 more per year for some courses.

Police are ''following a number of lines of inquiry'' as they tried to track down the person responsible for an online shooting threat at the University of Otago.

Police warn students told that "small jokes" at Otago University will be taken seriously following online shooting threat.

Police are warning students and staff to be vigilant as Otago University opens for ''business as usual'' following online threat.

University of Otago researchers joined almost 200 scientists from around the world to head out to take marine samples as part of the second Ocean Sampling Day yesterday.

The creator of a Facebook ''party'' themed on a harassed Dunedin woman says the event is intended to be ''harmless'' fun.

Two of Dunedin's biggest student bars have shut suddenly, and their owner has pointed to Dunedin's ''utterly conservative'' councillors as the cause.

University of Otago PhD researcher Hazem Zohny has warned about myths and "hype" involving so-called "smart" drugs.

An NZ-born former banker who refused to pay child support, claiming he was broke, has been berated by a judge for jet-setting around Europe.

Otago University researchers have come out on top in health awards scooping up more than $1.8 million in funding for research.

A national television programme about Dunedin student drinking culture was criticised at a University of Otago council meeting yesterday.

A woman who complained about drunk and disorderly Dunedin students says she's been harassed in person and online since appearing on TV.

US student Allison Willen was making her way, alone, through flood water covering a section of the Young Valley walking track when she was swept to her death.

An American tourist found dead in a river near Wanaka yesterday had previously described her first tramping trip in a column published by Otago University’s student magazine Critic.

Allison "Ally" Willen was last seen on the Gillespie Pass track on April 25, Senior Sergeant Ben Butterfield said.

Milking cows under the cover of darkness has helped to produce a milk powder high in the sleep-promoting hormone Melatonin.