International researchers who studied the merging of two black holes say their new observations match theories developed by ...

An emergency set net fishing ban to protect yellow-eyed penguins around the Otago Peninsula begins at 5 pm today. The three-month ban follows a voluntary closure by set-net fishers last week and ...

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Five well-publicised geoengineering proposals to reduce the impact of climate change in the polar regions are "extremely ...

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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 ...

An estimated magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia’s eastern coast has resulted in tsunami warnings across much of the Pacific. New Zealand’s coasts may experience “strong and unusual currents and ...

An overseas company has announced plans to “bring back” the South Island giant moa. Colossal Biosciences, working with Ngāi Tahu Research Centre and Canterbury Museum, says it expects to “resurrect” ...

Warmer, saltier water from deep in the Southern Ocean has started rising to the surface, bringing up more carbon dioxide, a recent study shows. Fresher, cooler surface waters had helped sea ice expand ...