Current evidence suggests three common techniques used during the embryo transfer stage of IVF don't influence the likelihood of a pregnancy, according to a Cochrane review by international and ...

Canadian scientists pooled and re-analysed the data from 11 previous studies on links between pesticide exposure (including herbicides and insecticides) and motor neuron disease, finding that exposure ...

Rising numbers of deer are threatening our native forests, NZ researchers say. Deer eat and damage young trees, harming regenerating forests and meaning bigger trees in old forests won’t get replaced ...

People who spend an excessive amount of time online tend be more stressed, have worse moods and to neglect other parts of life, a new study finds. Every evening for two weeks, researchers sent 900 ...

New research shows that improvements in tree, shrub, and grass plantings along the city streets of Queensland can substantially improve pedestrians’ thermal comfort. Researchers from James Cook ...

A small, Italian-led study has found that people who had suffered a serious heart attack had higher levels of micro- and nano-plastics in their blood, compared to patients with chronic ischemic heart ...

A new study has found that key antiviral proteins were unable to effectively combat the coronavirus in certain patients because they harbored a large and diverse population of B cells that produced ...

A new study finds widespread problems in how NZ media and policy documents talk about gene tech regulation and science. Analysing over 1,500 statements in items published from 2017 to 2024, the author ...

New George Institute research reveals a concerning trend in baby and toddler food packaging in Australian supermarkets between 2015 and 2024. Among the findings: The share of baby food products ...

The two big Australian supermarket giants are not taking some of the most important steps to help their customers eat healthy diets, with only Aldi Australia limiting price promotions for unhealthy ...

A major study led by Macquarie University has examined the deep environmental technological and societal challenges confronting Australia – including a hotter climate, more frequent extreme fires, ...

Prescribed burns, used to reduce fuel loads and hopefully bushfire severity, may be lethal for lizards, with Australian research recording 27 dead lizards from four species after 10 prescribed burns ...