Cycling isn't as dangerous as you might think - and could be a life-saver.

Unnecessary prescriptions could lead to serious long-term consequences.

By better understanding how our brains work, can we change how we feel pain? A world-leading Kiwi neuroscientist, back in New Zealand, talks to science reporter Jamie Morton.

Have you ever wondered what is happening in your little sleepy head's mind?

New findings suggest poison, not cancer or faulty glands, did in the author of Sense and Sensibility.

A scientist researching the mysterious circles says they are "puzzles" containing secret messages - and he's solved them.

Scientists have created a brain-based music machine that can exploit your emotions to the point that you'll cry.

Kiwi scientists just helped reveal how newly-understood genes are likely to play a role in our bodies.

What do you see outside your window? If you answered birds, trees or wildlife then congratulations are in order.

COMMENT: Ability to respond to human emotions secures avatar a job in customer service.

Scientists claim to have "cracked" the genetic code which underpins the common cold.

COMMENT: What kind of music makes them calm and content? And what makes them happy?

Endurance athletes looking to improve their times might consider swishing with a mouth rinse that contains a little sugar during their next performance.

COMMENT: If you are starting to worry about your receding hairline, thinning crown or bald spot, you are not alone.

For the first time, scientists can point to evidence that people with ADHD have brain structures that differ from those of people without ADHD.

Pre and post-natal depression has been studied exhaustively in mothers - but a new study of 3500 Kiwi men has revealed how dads are also affected by the baby blues.

New research co-authored by a New Zealand scientist has linked deforestation to the deadly Ebola virus.

Two months into the job, new Science and Innovation Minister Paul Goldsmith talks to science reporter Jamie Morton about the state of the sector.

New super-strength antibiotics could be developed to kill drug-resistant bacteria in minutes, a study has found.

Researchers have pooled results from a number of studies on deception to establish the fail safe ways to determine if someone is telling the truth.

Is there a cure for fake news? New research has found that misinformation on climate change can psychologically cancel out the influence of accurate statements.

Ground-breaking science cured a baby who doctors said had only weeks to live. But are we saving lives or designing children? Madhumita Murgia reports.

Scientists have called for a crackdown on doping in chess after it emerged players may be taking performance-enhancing substances.

An Auckland-based doctor's ground-breaking research - involving lab-cultivated, living, beating heart cells - could land a blow against a major killer of Kiwi children.

Scientists create a prototype for a 3D bio-printer that is capable of printing functional human skins.

The hormone kisspeptin essentially switches on the desire to reproduce and is thought to be responsible for the sexual appetite of young people.

Kiwi scientists have helped gauge the power of a promising new drug to treat a rare, fatal disease in children.

Think twice before using your toothbrush... it's covered in millions of different germs - including faeces.

Inside a remote desert facility, hundreds of human bodies lie frozen in capsules, each waiting for their second life to start.

If you've ever noticed how the music of our charismatic tui is much more impressive when heard in the bush, you're not mistaken.