We're edging closer to exceeding 1.5°C of warming globally, and scientists will soon gather to understand the implications of ...

US doctors will soon be advised not to prescribe the pain reliever paracetamol to pregnant women, US President Donald Trump ...

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is meeting to review childhood vaccine recommendations in the US. The ...

Young contact sports players’ brains can show signs of damage years before symptoms of long-term brain disease appear, a small US study finds. Researchers found that brain tissues from ...

International researchers who studied the merging of two black holes say their new observations match theories developed by Stephen Hawking and NZ scientist Roy Kerr over half a century ago. Professor ...

An emergency set net fishing ban to protect yellow-eyed penguins around the Otago Peninsula begins at 5 pm today. The ...

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The Government will be changing aspects to New Zealand’s higher education system, informed by a recently released report by the University Advisory Group. Changes include a new strategy for all of New ...

An open letter signed by more than twenty AI experts calls on the government to better regulate the new technology, pointing to low trust and possible harms. The Science Media Centre asked the authors ...

Details of new changes to research funding under sweeping science sector reforms have been released today. The briefing confirms that set up of the NZ Institute for Advanced Technology will be paid ...

Much has been made of the potential of genome engineering for “de-extinction”. But what about its potential to help existing threatened species?