Research in the Himalaya is beginning to shed light on the processes that lead to earthquakes, and understand the threat they pose to local people.

A process that could turn harmful gases into useful products like car tyres shows why scientists need to keep challenging our understanding of what are the proteins vital to all life on Earth.

PepsiCo is replacing the controversial artificial sweetener aspartame with Sucralose, better known as Splenda, in a bid to salvage sales.

New Zealand scientists have unveiled major leaps toward cutting greenhouse gas emissions from our belching sheep and cattle, with animal-safe compounds that can slash methane emissions by up to 90 per cent.

A scientist specialising in anti-ageing research has made the bold claim that he will live to be 150, and he takes 100 drugs a day in pursuit of that goal.

A fungus found on caterpillars could be used to relieve pain in osteoarthritis sufferers, according to British researchers.

A Wellington couple battling infertility have turned to Facebook in their hunt for an egg donor.

Grabbing that chocolate bar at the supermarket checkout or raiding the work vending machine at 3pm is the brain's fault - not the belly's.

Scientists have found that the chance of being bitten by a mosquito is written in the genes and some people are just more likely to be attacked no matter what.

I think my brain is full. Seriously, I think all my synapses, or whatever my brain uses to store information, have been used up.

The choice of Dr Karl Kruszelnicki - one of Australia's best known and most highly respected science broadcasters - to front the ad campaign is backfiring on the Government.

Dog owners love their pets in the same way as they do their children, and the feeling is mutual, scientists have found.

Using slow-motion video, researchers were able to see what occurred inside the joint.

When men donate to charity it's not so much the giving that counts but the desire to compete with other men for the attentions of attractive women, according to a study.

The world's oldest tools - made by ancestors of modern humans around 3.3 million years ago - have been found in Kenya.

For the first time researchers have found that humans can detect whether another person is feeling joyful by their scent.

Frustrated by the glacial pace of academic research, Daniel Johnston and Andrew Preston decided to propel scientific publishing into the 21st century.

A chef was filmed in 3D performing kitchen tasks. His actions were then translated into digital movement using algorithms.

There are many different ways a sexologist may work. Here's the type of couple a clinical sexologist may encounter.

An heir of one of the world's richest families is banking on laboratory-grown meat as the next big industry of the future.

The surface of Mars may still hold water - albeit the saltiest variety possible - according to scientists, after Nasa's Curiosity rover found evidence of liquid brine on the planet.

A New Zealand expert has dismissed plans for the world's first body transplant as "science fiction".

Thunderbirds creator's son tells why he took a DIY test to learn if he would inherit Alzheimer's.

Murray Jackson says he would rather die than suffer again the 19 violent jolts he received from a small defibrillator that had been implanted within his chest.

A small but ambitious group of investors has a novel plan to mine asteroids for fun and profit. But it is possibly illegal.

What makes one person seek out the spiciest chillis, while another enjoys only bland foods?

People could perceive your post-surgery personality differently, too, new research suggests.

Is there anyone out there? The answer is almost certainly yes, says a top Nasa scientist who believes we may know for sure within a decade.

That cool pinot gris you enjoy after a tough day at the office is really just a mutant spin-out of pinot noir - or so scientists have found.