Tessa Evans, Author at Science Media Centre

Expert Reactions | Published: 14 September 201811 February 2019

Bisphenol A (BPA) replacements in plastics cause similar reproductive problems in lab mice that actual BPA does, according to a […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 07 September 201811 February 2019

Just taking probiotics won’t necessarily mean they actually take up residence in your gut. Through a series of experiments looking […]

Blog | Published: 06 September 201811 September 2018

The winners of the third round of the Aotearoa New Zealand Science Journalism Fund will receive over $17,000 in new […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 30 August 201811 February 2019

Machine learning AI has been taught to forecast patterns of locations following large earthquakes, according to a new study published […]

Expert Q&A | Published: 29 August 201811 February 2019

Intensive beef farming is the latest farming practice to be called into question by activists. Most of New Zealand’s beef herd are […]

In the News | Published: 24 August 2018

Ramped up biosecurity controls have done a good job of keeping the dreaded brown marmorated stink bug out of the country. But […]

Blog | Published: 24 August 201819 September 2018

This October, the Science Media Centre will take its popular science video making workshops to Christchurch and Dunedin, offering more […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 20 August 201811 February 2019

A new family of pesticides, sulfoximines, which are expected to be a key replacement for neonicotinoids, may have sub-lethal effects […]

Reflections on Science | Published: 16 August 201811 February 2019

Despite years of research, we have few tools to combat kauri dieback. If we can’t defeat the disease we’ll lose more […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 15 August 201830 August 2018

A motorway bridge has collapsed in the northwest Italian city of Genoa in heavy rain, killing and injuring dozens of […]