Even if we stopped making new plastics now, microplastic pollution would keep increasing for the foreseeable future as larger ...

Children under 5 years old have a weaker immune response to COVID-19 compared with older children and adults, new research ...

New research has detailed the extent of how the highly pathogenic avian flu virus H5N1 rapidly spread into wildlife on […] ...

For Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2024, the Science Media Centre invited journalists to a media briefing with researchers looking at ...

An mpox vaccine has been given provisional approval by Medsafe. The Government says it has stood up a national-level Incident ...

A genetic screening study of over 200 autistic New Zealanders found almost 30% had genes that are 'causal', or 'likely causal ...

A new US study found personalised interactions with a chatbot could reduce belief in conspiracy theories. The study, ...

New research has detailed the extent of how the highly pathogenic avian flu virus H5N1 rapidly spread into wildlife on an ...

Dacia Herbulock joined the SMC at its launch in 2008, bringing extensive experience in radio, film, documentary and television news in the US, China and New Zealand. Over the past decade, she has ...