Tehnuka Ilanko, Author at Science Media Centre

COP30 to focus on limiting warming, climate finance – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 29 October 202530 October 2025

The 30th UN climate conference will run from 10-21 November local time in Belém, Brazil. Key issues for COP30 include limiting global […]

New science curriculum – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 29 October 202514 January 2026

The new national science curriculum up to Year 10 has been released for consultation. It divides teaching into two ‘strands’: Physical […]

Changes to childhood vaccine recommendations in the US – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 19 September 2025

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is meeting to review childhood vaccine recommendations in the US. The committee has already […]

Repeat head knocks may damage young athletes’ brains – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 18 September 2025

Young contact sports players’ brains can show signs of damage years before symptoms of long-term brain disease appear, a small US study […]

Gravitational wave study confirms NZ scientist’s black hole theory – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 17 September 202519 September 2025

International researchers who studied the merging of two black holes say their new observations match theories developed by Stephen Hawking and […]

Fishing net ban to protect hoiho – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 16 September 2025

An emergency set net fishing ban to protect yellow-eyed penguins around the Otago Peninsula begins at 5 pm today. The […]

Polar geoengineering ideas “dangerous” – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 10 September 202512 September 2025

Five well-publicised geoengineering proposals to reduce the impact of climate change in the polar regions are “extremely unlikely” to work, and […]

Defunding of mRNA vaccine research in the US – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 07 August 202507 August 2025

This week, the US Health Department announced the cancellation of several mRNA vaccine development contracts. The cuts and restructuring of collaborations […]