The day when patients can "swallow their doctor" has come a step closer with the development of a submicroscopic nanoparticle that acts as an intelligent pill.

Chimpanzees have been seen performing a "fire dance" in behaviour that could indicate an ability to understand and even control fire.

Charles Darwin spent nine days in New Zealand in 1835. He disliked the young country, but his experience helped shape his monumental theories about evolution.

The Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne yesterday farewelled their two star patients, Trishna and Krishna, as they left five weeks after being surgically separated.

Scientists have completed a full genetic analysis of the genomes of cancer patients, and hope the information will lead to a fundamental understanding of the causes of cancer.

John Key says a new review gives parents the go-ahead to lightly smack their children without the fear of prosecution.

For the next five years, a team of scientists and Egyptologists from the Getty Research Institute in California will intensively study, then attempt to preserve Tutankhamun's tomb - a great archaeological wonder of the world.

Evidence of mass cannibalism in which even children and unborn babies were on the menu has been uncovered in Germany by archaeologists.

Natalya Skelton went blind in one eye when she was 3 after suffering a severe complication from a virus.

A study by experts at Leeds University claims to have identified the optimum amount of flesh women should bare if they want to attract men.

A NZ surgeon who helped separate conjoined twins says none of the complications they had allowed for materialised.

Study shows only granddaughters are likely to benefit from having their paternal grandmothers involved in their early lives.

Women like to be drunk or tipsy before hopping into bed with a partner because it makes them feel more confident, a new study reveals.

Men lie twice as often as women, fibbing an average six times a day while women told just three, according to a new study.

The gender row over South African runner Caster Semenya shows the line dividing males from females is far from clear.