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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Dark matter may not be so dark after all, after scientists witnessed the mysterious cosmic entity interacting with the universe around it in a new way.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A new type of HIV treatment involving the transfusion of a synthetic antibody has shown startling trial results.

Men are up to five times more likely to commit a sex crime than the average male if their father or brothers have been convicted of a serious sexual offence.

Violet Pietrok is two minutes older than her twin sister. She was born with a Tessier Cleft, a rare condition that left a fissure in her skull, so the facial bones didn't fully come together.

Tuatara have hatched in the wild in the South Island for possibly the first time in several hundred years, experts say.

Sexual behaviour is notoriously difficult to measure, and the findings often dubious. Rowan Pelling meets the Cambridge academic who is analysing our most intimate secrets.

New Zealand has been blasted as "stupid" by a top space engineer for not investing more in science and engineering.