Household crowding is being partially blamed for NZ's high rate of acute rheumatic fever among children and teenagers.

A professor nominates the 200 books that will teach you more than you will learn at University.

An Otago University molecular biologist has been awarded New Zealand's top science and technology honour, the 2010 Rutherford Medal.

Graphic images of the adverse health effects of smoking do deter young adult smokers and should be significantly increased in size, NZ research has found.

Alcohol has become so affordable that it is cheaper than bottled water and approaching the price of milk, says a study made public today.

A review of the weight loss drug found the risks to patients outweighed the benefits, Medsafe's principal clinical advisor said today.

Four University of Otago researchers are believed to be the first to isolate and photograph the Rubidium 85 atom.

Standing on snakes and having trees fall on him are all in a day's work for the archaeologist who's been called Auckland's Indiana Jones.

Universities may have to rethink their policies on staff-student relationships, following the Sophie Elliott case.

Criticism of NZ business can be hard to take...