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.

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.

With a pending World Health Organisation report on the effects of mobile phone usage on the brain, the evidence so far is pointing to good news. However, much is still unknown.

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.