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

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

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

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

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

Children under 5 years old have a weaker immune response to COVID-19 compared with older children and adults, new research shows. The kids' adaptive immune system, which 'learns' and deals with ...

New genomic research rejects a contentious theory that ancient inhabitants of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) experienced population declines due to […] ...

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