Studies identify medicinal benefits from common herbs and spices
Researchers have been finding new medicinal possibilities in some common food enhancers.
Researchers have been finding new medicinal possibilities in some common food enhancers.
Britons are becoming more sexually adventurous, with fewer defining themselves as 'straight', research has found.
Is it genes or upbringing that shapes our characters, talents and traits? As an adopted child, the question has always fascinated Kate Hilpern.
American research has topped up the theory that a tipple a day is good for your health - but some New Zealand academics are no longer swallowing the idea.
Study finds people blessed with more symmetrical facial features are more likely to selfishly focus on their own interests.
A prostate test which could detect a single cancer cell passed in urine has been given a $800,000 funding boost.
When we go to sleep, our brains are still at work. Gill South visits a psychotherapist to see what our dreams tell us.
New Zealand's most provocative doctor has accused Kiwi women of forgetting how to make love.
Working with - rather than against - spirited children is key, finds Donna McIntyre.
Speaking two languages from a young age may help protect people from Alzheimer's disease.
It affects one in 20 people, can undermine their confidence and frequently leads to the embarrassment of counting on one's fingers.
A woman's compassion is largely due to the genes she inherits - but for men it comes from the environment.
Some people are born happy, scientists say. Researchers have identified a "happiness gene" that makes people more likely to feel satisfied with their lives. Their sunny dispostion is an accident of birth, at least in part.
With so many ways of storing data, are we forgetting how to remember? Not according to US writer Joshua Foer, who reveals new and remarkable strategies for memorising. By Robin McKie.
If you can be sure of one thing, then surely it is that you exist. Even if the world were a dream or a hallucination, it would still need you to be dreaming or hallucinating it.