Close to 8% of the glacier ice the world had in 1975 is gone, a new study estimates. The research team, including NZers, found that world glaciers - not including the ice sheets of Antarctica and ...

Well-off countries need to help fund poorer ones to mitigate global climate change, but that requires more public buy-in for sending money overseas. A new working paper led by NZ researchers suggests ...

Variations in two genes involved in regulating appetite and digestion may help to explain why some people lose more weight than others on glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) medicines, such as Ozempic, ...

*****NEWS BRIEFING: Mon 30 March 10:00 AEDT ONLINE***** A comprehensive review led by cancer researchers at UNSW has found that vaping is likely to cause lung and oral cancer, even before long-term ...

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A US court has found Meta and Google negligent for designing social media platforms harmful to young people and ordered them to pay damages. The 20 year old woman who sued the companies, known as ...

Researchers studying 16 to 19 million-year-old fossil fragments in Central Otago have identified a previously unknown extinct bat, related to the native short-tailed bat. The new species was smaller ...

As petrol prices spike and Australians resort to panic buying, energy experts discuss the issues with Australia's energy supply, and how we can better protect ourselves from energy shocks in the ...

Hidden deep in the ice of the Weißseespitze glacier in Austria lie records of medieval mining, fires and volcanoes, but these historical snapshots are now at risk of melting away as the planet heats ...

Over 80% more NZ women per year may be diagnosed with gynaecological cancers by 2045, with an even higher increase among Māori and Pacific women. In a new study analysing cancer registry data from ...

A new study has identified a biological signature within kidneys that could help predict age-related organ failure. Federation University research shows that the shortening of telomeres within kidney ...

From Monday, Australian adults will be required to verify their ages to access R-rated video games and websites under the Age-Restricted Material Codes. Under the codes, search engines, social media ...