Manufacturers and marketers have long stuck by three certain "dimensions" of food - taste, texture and smell. But what if there was a fourth?

While many of us may find the sounds of chewing or breathing off-putting, for some they're unbearable - and new research has shown their brains are going into overdrive.

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.

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.

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.

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

She's not a hypnotist, but she can convince you that you're a criminal or were traumatised as a child. Elizabeth Loftus has ways of making you think.

A recently-discovered cannabis-like substance naturally produced by our brains could play a role in treating Parkinson's disease.

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.