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.

An innovative concept which would override the damaging brain patterns of Parkinson's disease could give new hope to sufferers.

Being a teacher doesn't just mean losing your patience with unruly pupils - it can also mean losing your voice.

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.

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.

Hundreds of robotic instruments deployed across the South Pacific have begun to reveal dramatic new insights into the impact of climate change upon oceans in our corner of the world.

The first new antibiotic to be discovered in nearly 30 years has been hailed as a "paradigm shift" in the fight against the growing resistance to such drugs.

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.

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.

Blowing away enemy soldiers and aliens may be good for the brain, as researchers have found that fast-paced video games improve a player's learning ability.

The maxim that it's not what you eat for dinner, but who you share it with, now has scientific credence.

Imagine being able to peer deep below your own skin in 3D - and without even having to break the surface.

A husband and wife team could help change the way products as common as car tyres are made by recycling chemicals from greenhouse gases.

Milk has long been recommended for boosting calcium intake, but new research suggests that it does little to strengthen bones and can double the risk of an early death.