The potential advantages of this gene-editing technology are far-reaching.

Stressed? Silently talking to yourself in the third person may help your control emotions.

Bombastic President Trump's tweets show he's a creative, competitive and a rule-breaker.

NZ salmon study holds possible implications for understanding our own reproduction system.

Drinking alcohol improves memory for information learned before drinking, study shows.

COMMENT: Selfies and shared use of a smartphone or tablet could help spread head lice.

Researchers have created a super-strong glue which can cling to internal organs.

Scientists have discovered a 4000-year-old lunchbox in the Swiss Mountains.

Visual illusions show how our mental processing delivers our experience of the world.

A Canterbury researcher's work is the first step towards regrowing body parts.

Cheating partner or dreadful in-laws could age your brain by four years, say scientists.

NZ study raises possibility fresh fish oil may aid children of overweight pregnant women.

A Kiwi trial is exploring how Viagra may help underweight babies before and after birth.

Italian Sergio Canavero is poised to do the first human head transplant.

It's possible to tell whether someone's wealthy or not just by looking at their face.

Compassion is eclipsed by a competing desire not to up-end the social pecking order.

Why do some people find some foods yummy while others find the same foods taste yucky?

Bone-shortening gene mutation may have helped early Homo sapiens survive in extreme cold.

Neuroscientists explain why your significant other incites the most rage in you.

Scientists will tap into the DNA data of thousands of young people in major new study.

Health risk claims about baby formula brands are "irresponsible", an NZ scientist says.

Texting on the move turns your gait into an ungainly lollop, scientists have found.

How long can humans actually live for? The truth is, scientists say, we just don't know.

Noisy cities disrupt heartbeat and could trigger disease, study suggests.

COMMENT: Left-handers outperform right-handers when solving difficult maths problems.

Has science just given credence to sci-fi film Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind?

Researchers call for urgent action over an antipsychotic drug linked to 13 NZ deaths.

NZ scientists have made a surprise genetic finding that could help combat drug resistance.

If you have a heart attack outside hospital in the future, you could be saved by a drone.

Drinking just a couple of beers a day can cause problems for your brain, new study finds.