People in their 20s could accurately be described as "kidults", according to research that suggests adolescent effects on the brain extend far beyond the early teens.

Kiwi scientists will this week unveil next-generation technology modelled on the greatest supercomputer known - the human brain.

Scientists are developing new contact lenses that could give wearers superhero-like vision.

Assisted reproductive technology has advanced significantly since the first healthy IVF baby was born more than 35 years ago.

Is love just a troublesome artifice we've created for ourselves, or a fundamental part of human existence, to be cherished even when it hurts us?

Students taking part in a sports technology course at an Auckland high school will attend the training sessions of top teams.

A New Zealander dies from heart disease every 90 minutes. Health reporter Martin Johnston looks at our progress with cardiac illness and talks to heart attack survivors.

Kiwi scientists have found a curious new way to combat obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in an antioxidant linked to Chinese medicine.

We tell 10 lies every week — but what’s the reasoning behind so many untruths, asks Olivia Goldhill.

Scientists believe the genetic profiles of cats contain crucial clues about diseases to which humans and felines are both susceptible.

Fat supplies found in a woman's thighs and buttocks are needed to develop babies' brains, scientists have claimed.

Memory is more accurate when we close our eyes, according to new findings, which have implications for investigating crime.

Nearly 40 years after the first IVF birth, scientists are still unsure of the long-term effects of their laboratory Beginnings. Helen Massy-Beresford reports.

A mechanism that protects the brain when animals hibernate could help scientists develop new treatments for Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases.

Auckland brothers, aged 3 years and 10 months respectively, both have a muscle-wasting genetic disorder with no cure that could claim their lives as early as their twenties.

Artificial arteries designed like gun barrels could revolutionise heart bypass surgery and save health services millions, researchers claim.

A daytime nap is an essential part of every baby's routine.

A Kiwi-led research breakthrough could see defective genes replaced with custom-designed DNA - a move that would combat hundreds of different diseases.

If your New Year resolution is to be happier, make your priorities fruit, nature, sun and sleep.

Tom Chivers During a conversation with a doctor a couple of years ago, the subject of cancer diagnoses came up, in a tangential way.

You can take a role in testing the effect of warming skin on memory. Or you can involve yourself in a bid to land a spaceship on the Moon....

French gourmets have traditionally shunned hot, spicy food - so they may be a little piqued by a study indicating that curry-loving men have higher testosterone.

Kiwi scientists have attracted global attention for shedding new light on how our cells switch their genes on and off - an important step to understanding disease.

Scientists studying the DNA of Richard III, whose body was found buried beneath a Leicester car park, have revealed that there was marital infidelity among his descendants.

Scientists have created a miniature model of human pain in the form of nerve cells growing in a laboratory dish.

Next to a Ford Thunderbird convertible and among hand-built models of the solar system a Kiwi engineer is helping streamline an invention that will save thousands of babies in Third World countries.

Academics think that kissing helps partners share bacteria, shoring up their immune systems and enabling them to better fight disease.

Soon after modern computers evolved in the 1940s, futurists predicted that machines would be as smart as humans. The consensus now is that it's going to happen..in just a few decades.