Researchers studied hundreds of scientific studies and hazard assessments, calculating that about 90% of them underestimated baseline coastal water heights by an average of 30 centimetres.
Environment
12:47pm
Stardome astronomer Josh Aoraki says this one is extra special as Kiwis will get to witness it in its entirety.
New Zealand
Tue, Mar 3
Despite the seasonal uptick in sightings, the global shark population faces the dire consequences of marine reserves' environmental failings.
Tue, Feb 24
April is now the earliest that the four Artemis II astronauts could fly to the moon.
World
Sun, Feb 22
Experts say a new study including El Nino and its counterpart La Niña can help explain the mystery of why Earth's already rising temperature has spiked to new heights.
Sat, Feb 21
Insurance companies are in retreat from some communities deemed too dangerous to cover, so where is less risk-prone?
Mon, Feb 16
The person was actually unharmed, but the New Zealand Medical Journal has highlighted the case as an example of pareidolia.
Health
Fri, Feb 13
We all know that old faithful dries dishes better, even if we can’t quite explain why.
Life
Wed, Feb 11
It might come as a surprise to learn that the brain responds to training in much the same way as our muscles.
Sat, Feb 7
Scientists say the findings suggests that the roots of capacity for imagination are not unique to the human species.
Fri, Feb 6
There’s more to research findings, from 5000 adults aged 80-plus, than meets the eye.
Sat, Jan 31
For many people, it has felt like midsummer never really arrived. Is it simply bad luck, or is there something more going on?
Wed, Jan 28
The goods re among the items appearing on the Sussex shoreline.
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
Not all tumours are cancer, and not all cancers are tumours. So what defines them?
Mon, Jan 19
The discovery will provide a "vital" breeding stock for the slow growing species, researchers say.
Tue, Jan 13
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
"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
