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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Researchers have found that some of what we see in the periphery - the areas just outside our eye's direct focus - could be a visual illusion.

COMMENT: We've recently been supported by a Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund grant for a project called: What is the Southland accent?

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.