Dr Grant Jacobs on blogging, commenting, anonymity and the credibility of online sources.

A major study has pointed to five "common sense" rules said to reduce the incidence of bowel cancer, along with a range of other life-threatening illnesses.

A real-life find by scientists reads like something out of Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton's famous novel.

Technology developed in New Zealand is being sold to overseas research labs.

In research and development, it’s often taken for granted that teams require a certain critical mass to be successful

Scientists are hailing a breakthrough that could lead to a cure for the common cold.

Four tagged monarch butterflies out of 15,000 have flitted back to the suburbs they were bred in this spring.

New research has provided evidence for the existence of a ninth planet on the edge of our solar system. YouTube / Caltech

Is there an increasing mismatch between science education of today and the demands of the 21st century?

No area of medicine has advanced more rapidly, nor created more controversy, than the treatment of infertility.

Taking big risks in the hope of high rewards may be a fundamental part of our biological nature, the pigeon study has shown.

Scientists have shown what many dog owners have suspected - while some canines are joyfully optimistic about life, others have a tendency for gloomy pessimism.

A scientific breakthrough has seen genetically engineered silkworms produce extra-flexible and tough spider silk.

The cause of the mysterious decline of the honey bee in the United States - and elsewhere in the world - may have been found.

Those intense over-powering feelings of being truly, madly, deeply in love are the result of complex and rapid brain activity.

Australian scientists have found a unique way to grow a precious and life-saving type of stem cell, likened to putting a "cat on a sofa", in the lab.

Archaeologists have gained an unexpected benefit from global warming.