Science appears to show that we like people who smell different, but not too different, writes the Independent's Alice Azania-Jarvis.

Pregnant women with sleep apnoea could be more likely to have smaller babies, researchers have found.

Advances in genetic science could see future generations of people living free of disease well into old age.

The platypus has a lot to teach us about sex and evolution, says a University of Adelaide professor.

A New Zealand entrepreneur wants to build the fastest car in the world. But now the hard work starts - raising $30 million to make it roll.

Auckland's mayor is ready to up the pace for action on the transformation of the city writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Support will be needed from tech firms to bring this unique, ambitious project alive.

Non chemical spray innovator sets its sights on overseas markets

Women who take the Pill tend to choose as partners men who are less attractive and worse in bed but who are a sounder bet for a relationship.

Local bio-fuels company Lanzatech is accelerating its path into the aviation fuel market by partnering with a Swedish company to convert ethanol to aviation bio-fuel for Virgin Atlantic and Boeing.

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.