Science

Switching out concrete and other construction materials for carbon-sucking alternatives could store the equivalent of half of all human-made carbon emissions in 2021.

Conservationists are bringing endangered skinks back to the dryland wilderness of Central Otago.

Researchers say the Toxic Male Technique could significantly reduce the threat of insect pests such as disease-carrying mosquitoes.

The great rainmaker, La Niña, could be back for the fourth time in five years, increasing the prospect of a soaking start to 2025. Video

Meta has promptly deleted several of its own AI-generated accounts after human users began engaging with them and posting about the bots' sloppy imagery and tendency to go off the rails.

While the year of this historic eruption was known, the volcano's location was not.

A huge red-hot object fell from the sky into a Kenyan village on Monday afternoon, prompting an immediate investigation by the country's national space agency.

Fossils from an ichthyosaurs found in North Canterbury are helping advanced understanding of these dolphin-like reptiles.

While estimating the potential toxic chemical exposure from recycled black plastic spatulas, the researchers did not multiply correctly.

The largest solar storm on record lit up skies around the globe in the 1850s - but New Zealand, a technological backwater, escaped the worst of it.

From the puzzles of our mind to the deep sea and the far-flung subantarctic islands, these podcast episodes have explored our changing world in 2024.