The first Artemis moonshot with a crew is now targeted for no earlier than February 8, two days later than planned.
World
Saturday 1:30pm
There’s more to research findings, from 5000 adults aged 80-plus, than meets the eye.
Life
Saturday 6:00am
For many people, it has felt like midsummer never really arrived. Is it simply bad luck, or is there something more going on?
New Zealand
Wed, Jan 28
The goods re among the items appearing on the Sussex shoreline.
Environment
Sun, Jan 25
The unexpected finding comes from a well-designed study that set out to answer a basic question: how does flu really spread?
Fri, Jan 23
The fragmentary hand stencil dates back to a minimum of 67,800 years ago – the oldest known rock art in the world.
Thu, Jan 22
Not all tumours are cancer, and not all cancers are tumours. So what defines them?
Health
Mon, Jan 19
The discovery will provide a "vital" breeding stock for the slow growing species, researchers say.
Tue, Jan 13
Researchers have started clinical trials to assess the safety, tolerability and dosage of IB409, a novel drug developed from a molecule in the venom.
Fri, Jan 9
What will we see in the southern sky in 2026?
Wed, Jan 7
MetService shared a picture on social media of the sun's 22⁰ circular halo, visible due to a thin veil of high cloud which covered the upper North Island.
Tue, Jan 6
A supermoon is when the moon at its closest point to Earth.
Sat, Jan 3
"We simply don’t know if we can make them not want to take over, and not want to hurt us," godfather of AI Geoffrey Hinton has warned.
December 20, 2025
The commercial boom in artificial intelligence has lit a spark under long-simmering visions to build humanoid robots that can move their mechanical bodies like humans and do things that people do.
December 13, 2025
Early trial results of the Galleri blood test were described as “exciting” by researchers.
December 1, 2025
Online services are offering home blood tests and fast-track access to treatment.
November 22, 2025
All sorts of animals kiss, from polar bears enjoying spirited rounds of tonsil-tennis, to prairie dogs softly canoodling.
November 21, 2025
Sweaty, sticky and struggling with scary dreams? Auckland Sleep founder Sumit Samant explains how the heat may impact your rest.
November 13, 2025
Christchurch photographer Tom Rae said witnessing the astronomical phenomenon event was "one of the most incredible things that I've ever seen in my life".
November 4, 2025
Locals in areas such as Ōwhiro Bay reported finding the pesky invertebrates in shoes, bags, and even their beds.
October 19, 2025
What people are likely seeing is commonly known as a space jellyfish, which is a phenomenon that can happen when sunlight reflects off the exhaust plume from the rocket's engines.
October 15, 2025
The Government has announced it will be investing in more funding for natural pharmaceuticals, as it aims to boost exports for what it described as a "fast-growing" sector.
Business
October 4, 2025
A new UK study found that people with poor sleep had brains that appeared significantly older than expected based on their actual age.
A new study shows a combined inhaler used by adults can cut childhood asthma attacks nearly in half — without affecting growth or lung function.
September 28, 2025
Flu vaccinations are almost three times more popular than those for Covid, despite the exact same group being most at risk.
September 27, 2025
