What do your political leanings say about your level of self-discipline? A fascinating amount, new research suggests.

"Couples who have experienced a stillbirth need to understand why it happened and want to know the risk for future pregnancies."

Scientists have found a way to read the mind, analysing brain waves and interpreting them as words and even complete sentences without having to listen.

Science has found an explanation for the impulsiveness that causes so much friction with parents – the adolescent brain hasn’t yet developed patience.

Earth has entered its sixth mass extinction with animals dying out at 100 times the normal rate, scientists have warned.

Pig cells are behind a new treatment which could help those living with Parkinson's disease combat its dramatic and sometimes debilitating effects.

In the largest study of its kind, the researchers monitored more than 1,100 proteins in the blood of 106 pairs of twins.

A Kiwi scientist is behind technology that could help a major pharmaceutical company make a remarkable cancer breakthrough.

Scientists have captured the moment a white blood cell dies - and the results are spectacular.

It is often said that you are what you eat. But it seems that what your mother ate is also important. Research has linked a woman's diet before she becomes pregnant to the long-term health of her future child.

Children learn to associate science with men at early ages. Over 40 years ago, less than 1 per cent of American and Canadian elementary school children drew a woman when asked to draw a scientist.

Talking about people behind their backs might seem like an underhand activity that should be frowned upon by society, but it is what sets us our species apart, academics have claimed.

Curious how many viruses have invaded your body over the course of your life? Now you can know.

Andrew Stone goes in search of his ethnic roots with the help of science and a little bit of saliva.

The brain is truly a marvel. But is there a point where it reaches capacity? In other words, can the brain be "full"?

What do Charles Darwin's evolutionary theories have to do with the reasons people commit crime? Perhaps more than we realise.

Scientists discover genetic background to disease - and treatments are already available.

A new study suggests that the love hormone, oxytocin, has similar effects to being drunk, and not just the more pleasant aspects of inebriation.

Bioprinted human skin has been on the scene for some time but cosmetics company L'Oreal is hoping to get into the game.

Alcohol may also make us more empathic and cause us to see other people as more attractive. Why do these reactions occur?

What are electrolytes, how do they work, and why do we need them? A sport scientist explains.

Are you one of the millions of people around the globe left shaking with terror at the sight of a needle? For many the thought of an injection alone inspires fear.

Are you tired of The Bachelor's fairytale illusions and want people to know the truth about being a single, straight woman in New Zealand?

Tanks growled across Red Square and fighter jets streaked overhead as Russia celebrated the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II with a mass-ranked display of military might.

The number of single women seeking fertility treatment has almost doubled in two years as career-minded professionals without partners opt to parent alone.

A breakthrough by New Zealand scientists could lead to a vaccine to treat a ghastly disease which mostly affects the poorest in the world.

A scientist specialising in anti-ageing research has made the bold claim that he will live to be 150, and he takes 100 drugs a day in pursuit of that goal.

A fungus found on caterpillars could be used to relieve pain in osteoarthritis sufferers, according to British researchers.

Scientists have found that the chance of being bitten by a mosquito is written in the genes and some people are just more likely to be attacked no matter what.