Science
What Nasa's found out there
Prospect of distant life as scientists find a nearby solar system with seven Earth-sized planets.
Live chat: Seven new worlds
Wondering what newly discovered planets mean for us or aliens? Ask our astrophysicist.
Sister solar system found
Rocky Earth-sized planets with surface temperatures between 0 and 100C found.
Carpet's other benefits
For many, we just walk on it, but carpet can affect mobility, sound and absorb contaminants.
Quake swarm near Taupo
The recent tremors - almost 300 in total - are down to "stretching" of the Taupo Volcanic Zone, GNS believes.
5000km show tour comes to close
David Klein has performed Tour de Science all over the country, cycling between towns.
Astronomical poo problem solved
The dark side of the moon walk needed a solution and Hugh McCarroll had one.
Nasa teases solar system discovery
Space agency to reveal 'new findings' regarding planets that orbit other stars.
Cannibalism 'perfectly natural'
When siblings eat siblings, strangers eat strangers, children eat parents and mates eat mates. It's the science of cannibalism.
SpaceX launch: 'Baby came back'
Tesla billionaire Elon Musk celebrates as rocket launches and successfully returns nine minutes later.
Wave clouds are simply stunning
Beautiful clouds roll and break like waves in the sea over Palmerston North.
Hope for PTSD cure
Memories could be erased to cure veterans of post-traumatic stress disorder, scientists say.
What went wrong in Elephant Man drug trial?
New documentary set to revisit drug trial that left six people, including a Kiwi, seriously ill.
Millennia-old discovery
In cave system so hot that it is called hell, scientists discover life that could be 50,000 years old.
Ancient murder victim revealed
The "striking young man" met a brutal death 1400 years ago. Now we can look into his eyes.
Mammoths making a comeback?
Taking a leaf from Jurassic Park, scientists could soon revive the long-extinct woolly mammoth. But should they?
New research helping gut health
A new laboratory method could help scientists learn how to make specifically tailored food and medicine.
NZ is actually a continent
It turns out New Zealand isn't just two islands at the bottom of the world. We are much bigger than that.
Live chat: Our new continent
It turns out NZ isn't just two islands at the bottom of the world. We are part of a continent - Zealandia.
Bleak lesson from ebola outbreak
Deadly ebola outbreaks are a higher risk where deforestation changes jungle habitats, a Kiwi scientist has found.
What mining can offer dairy science
The dairy industry is getting help from some unusual quarters in its drive to make more from value-add products.
Women in science scholarship
Scholarship aims to support women who are "significantly under-represented" in sciences.
114 new planets discovered
Astronomers scanned 1600 stars over a 20-year period. This is what they found.
Pukeko cull an opportunity to learn
600 Pukeko were culled from Tawharanui, but they did not go to waste.
Problems with the Doomsday Clock
Range of world threats now includes climate change, flus, transgenic plants, hackers, giant asteroids and so forth.
What to do with 300 dead whales
It'll be up to DoC to clean up the carcasses of 300 whales that beached at Farewell Spit. And it's a masive job.
Robot bees to the rescue?
Scientists hope robots can one day help with pollination, as natural bee populations decline.
Men's revolutionary new birth control
Vasalgel works like a vasectomy – but is completely reversible.
A new kind of black hole
Black holes are not necessarily as big as astronomers thought, researchers discover