Birds around the world are singing for nearly an hour longer on average due to light pollution, a global study finds.

Negotiators have failed to agree on a legally-binding global plastics treaty at the UN. The treaty was an attempt to curb the ...

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Professor Kjesten Wiig, Co-director of the RNA Development Platform and Director of the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, comments: “The recent decisions out of the US to cut funding for mRNA ...

A new proposal would replace NCEA Level 1 with a foundational award, and change the assessment system for Levels 2 & 3. The proposal has a focus on structured learning, with compulsory language and ...

The 2018 ban on offshore oil and gas exploration is facing a repeal, with part of the Crown Minerals Amendment Bill due for its third reading in Parliament today. A last-minute amendment passed on ...

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 ...

A four-day work week is linked to improved employee wellbeing and job satisfaction, according to trials in over 140 organisations across six countries including New Zealand. A US and Irish research ...

The Government is proposing to open up some of Aotearoa’s most highly productive agricultural land to make it available for housing development. Sweeping proposals to change the RMA national direction ...

Prof Bruce Whitelaw, Professor of Animal Biotechnology and Director of The Roslin Institute, said: “Biodiversity across our planet is both facing unprecedented challenges and increasing recognised as ...

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 ...