Fisheries has been a hot topic this election, with proposals for bottom trawling bans, marine reserves, and fishing quota ...

Vapes containing illicit drugs could result in harm over the summer, according to New Zealand’s drug early warning system ...

Websites around the world have been shut down as a precaution after AI was used to discover a vulnerability in PHP, commonly ...

An mRNA-based melanoma vaccine has been shown to reduce the risk of death or cancer coming back by 42%. The trial tested the personalised vaccine on patients, including some from NZ, whose melanoma ...

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The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has released its plans which will guide science investment all the way through to 2031. They are organised around the Science Investment Plan’s four ...

The way microplastics interact with water may explain why they pose health risks that larger plastics don't, US research finds.  Experiments showed that where tiny pieces of plastic touch water, ...

Rising carbon dioxide levels are threatening ocean life in myriad ways, but traditional knowledge and tech offer solutions. Hundreds of ocean experts from around the world will meet in Wellington from ...

Dr Alex Beattie, School of Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington, comments: “The key value of these Lancet publications is that it shifts the debate about young people and digital ...

A US beef industry group campaigned against established science on the role of cows in climate change, a new study says. Examining documents from 1986-96, US researchers found the group’s tactics ...