A large magnitude shallow earthquake has caused strong shaking near Port Vila this afternoon. The Pacific Tsunami Warning ...

Siloed thinking' is holding back solutions to biodiversity, human health, climate change, water, and food security, according ...

This year saw massive policy changes in New Zealand's science sector, with the coalition government changing tack on gene ...

Humanities and social science funding has been cut from the Marsden Fund, the main fund for 'blue-skies' research in Aotearoa New Zealand. The areas that have been cut include research in subjects ...

Cocaine and methamphetamine have been detected at their highest ever rates in New Zealand’s wastewater. Wastewater testing data show the volume of drugs […] ...

Being able to evaluate the evidence behind a claim is important, but scientific evidence comes in a variety of forms. Here, the different types of scientific evidence are ranked and described, ...

We now have details of a new Bill which introduces long-awaited reforms to genetic modification rules, reducing restrictions for scientists to work with the technology. The applications for genetic ...

A ‘high pathogenic’ type of bird flu was confirmed in an Otago egg farm over the weekend. The Ministry for Primary Industries has confirmed the virus is not the H5N1 strain that has been causing ...

With humanities and social sciences removed from the “blue-skies” research fund, many Māori-led research projects will no longer be funded. “Core” scientists have also voiced opposition to the move, ...

The Royal Commission of Inquiry into lessons learned from NZ’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic has released the first phase of its findings. The over 700-page report was delivered to the Internal ...