A new Kiwi study will attempt to reveal what happens to our brains when we take anti-depressants - and whether these intriguing changes can be easily measured.

Kiwi scientists have published another study exploring links between concussions suffered while playing rugby and long-term impacts on brain function.

It's a hot summer's day and you're looking forward to an ice cream. But within seconds of your first bite, you feel a headache coming on: a brain freeze. Here's what's going on.

Scientists are claiming painful visits to the dentist could become a thing of the past, thanks to an Alzheimer's drug.

Astounding collection of stories where injury creates a genius.

COMMENT: Ditch the post-partying detox diet and let your incredible intrinsic cleansing system do the work it was made to do.

Fog harvesting, floating dairy farm and smog towers... Andrew Stone outlines some clever and inspiring innovations that we might hear a bit about in 2017.

Women diagnosed with breast cancer could get a clearer prognosis with a new model built from the data of thousands of New Zealand patients.

Kiwi scientists are exploring the mysterious role the bugs inside us play in regulating our diet and metabolism.

A new study calls to expand our understanding of how a woman can be aroused.

How narcissistic are Kiwis?

• Philip Clarke is a Professor of Health Economics, University of Melbourne. Chris Schilling is an associate lecturer, Health

According to a study the pill won't curb your libido, but a long-term relationship might.

Retraining the brain to beat stress is the key to losing weight and keeping it off, a leading Australian neuroscientist says.

A brewery is promising the best beer of your life thanks to a personalised test using your DNA.

Clinics in Britain can now apply to create three parent babies after the fertility watchdog gave the final approval for the procedure.

An international team of scientists have found an odd and slightly gross explanation for sticky, glowworm-made "fishing lines" that hang in the famous Waitomo Caves - urine.

Tests on brains of 3-year-olds can reveal who is likely to become part of the minority of adults to use the biggest share of social services, says study.

A million-dollar Kiwi study has revealed a new mechanism in the body that could offer new hope for those with a genetic susceptibility to type 2 diabetes.

Children learn new words using the same method as robots, psychologists say.

A man with advanced prostate cancer is believed to be cured after doctors 'shocked' his tumour to death.

Android users are more honest than iPhone users, researchers have found, in a study revealing what our choice of smartphones say about us.

COMMENT: Free online calculator will allow couples to prepare emotionally and financially for their chances of conceiving using IVF.

A renowned Auckland brain scientist has been recognised with New Zealand's highest honour for research - the Rutherford Medal.

COMMENT: It's often said that through our innovations in science, agriculture and medicine humans have become masters of our biological destiny.

The grieving father of a terminally-ill teenage girl who was cryogenically frozen following a landmark legal case spoke of his ordeal for the first time last night.

COMMENT: Your cellphone is packed with pictures, apps and words of your choice but dirt on the outside could let slip your secrets.

Some children suffer from completely tangled hair, which, as their parents will attest, can't be combed at all. Scientists now have the answer.

Visit any major urban centre today and you are likely to be confronted with hundreds of people walking with their heads down as they fiddle with phones.

Kiwi experts are on the front lines fighting the "antibiotic apocalypse".