Former long-distance running star Allison Roe has defended thermal imaging, a popular but controversial investigation for breast cancer.

Health authorities are warning women against thermal imaging for breast cancer detection and one expert even says the industry should be shut down.

Researchers found people who were more introspective tended to have larger volumes of nerve tissue in an area of the prefrontal cortex.

Falling in love comes at a cost that does not include flowers or bar bills, a new study has found.

Garth George writes that an expanded screening programme for Down Syndrome may go against the rights of the disabled.

Scientists have identified a diet that works even better than a fruit and vegetable eating plan to cut the risk of heart attacks.

New Zealand fertility experts are asking whether money could be offered to encourage men and women to donate sperm and eggs for childless couples.

Behaving more like men could help women boost their sex lives, eat healthier and stress less.

Could we be heading towards a future in which technology blurs the line between living and non-living machines?

Making the customer work for a change.

An international study has successfully used genome scanning to identify a gene associated with vulnerability to tuberculosis (TB).

Jo Merchant meets the team that's finally revealing Howard Carter's secrets to the world.

The hunt is on to find living descendants of South Tyrol's 5300-year-old mummified man.

An Auckland man has become New Zealand's first reported case of a new and aggressive form of malaria that has jumped the species barrier from monkeys to humans.

NZ researchers have established that vitamin C can help to block the growth of cancer cells.

NZ scientists have recreated the face of a 2500-year-old Turkish peasant with technology they hope could be used in court in coming years.

How do you know if someone is lying to you? What, exactly, are you supposed to look for?

Researchers say that a split up between immediate friends increases your own chances of getting divorced by 75 per cent.