Science Media Centre media bias and reliability
Science Media Centre is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. We have seen it on 9 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Science Media Centre biased?
Science Media Centre is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Science Media Centre left or right?
Science Media Centre is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum.
Is Science Media Centre reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Science Media Centre are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Science Media Centre has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Science Media Centre’s own report linked underneath.
Global freshwater reserves have fallen significantly, with the World Meteorological Organization reporting 2025 as one of the driest years for river flows in 35 years. The UN warns the water cycle is becoming more unpredictable, potentially exacerbated by El Niño.
Science Media Centre reported it asThe State of Global Water Resources 2025 (opens Science Media Centre in a new tab)
A study examining UK medical records found that semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy, was associated with a nearly 40% reduction in asthma attacks and a 20% decrease in COPD flare-ups. Scientists suggest anti-inflammatory properties may be responsible, but caution that further trials are needed.
Science Media Centre reported it asexpert reaction to unpublished study about semaglutide and asthma attacks in people with diabetes, as presented at the European Respiratory Society Congress (opens Science Media Centre in a new tab)
A United Nations report published on September 2, 2026, states that global temperatures are likely to exceed the 1.5°C warming threshold within a few years. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) calls for rapid emissions cuts and carbon removal to limit damage.
Science Media Centre reported it asexpert reaction to UNEP report on overshooting 1.5C (opens Science Media Centre in a new tab)
Eight South Koreans working on a hydropower plant project are missing and 10 others are stranded after a flash flood in Nepal. South Korea's Foreign Ministry has established a task force and plans to send a response team to the affected Rasuwa district.
Science Media Centre reported it asexpert reaction to flash floods in Nepal (opens Science Media Centre in a new tab)
A 24-year-old Nepali labourer survived a flash flood by clinging to a mango tree after being swept away by a torrent of mud and rock. The disaster has killed at least 150 people and left hundreds missing in Nepal.
Science Media Centre reported it asexpert reaction to flash floods in Nepal (opens Science Media Centre in a new tab)
Research indicates the Shingrix vaccine may provide protection against cardiovascular events and dementia. A study found a reduced risk of heart disease and cognitive decline in those vaccinated compared to an older vaccine.
Science Media Centre reported it asRecombinant shingles vaccination and the risk of cardiovascular events (opens Science Media Centre in a new tab)
A major review of 80 randomized controlled trials found that nicotine e-cigarettes were more effective than nicotine replacement therapy for helping people quit smoking. The review involved nearly 30,000 participants and found no evidence of increased serious harm from using e-cigarettes to quit.
Science Media Centre reported it asUpdated Cochrane review on vaping for quitting smoking (opens Science Media Centre in a new tab)
Scientists at the Arc Institute in California used an AI model named Evo to design 16 new bacteriophages capable of infecting E. coli. The study, published in Science, excluded human pathogen datasets, ensuring the viruses cannot infect people. Experts warn of biosecurity risks despite potential medical applications.
Science Media Centre reported it asexpert reaction to generative design of bacteriophages with genome language models (opens Science Media Centre in a new tab)
A UK-led trial of a tetanus-diphtheria vaccine that does not require refrigeration has reported 100% protective antibody levels in all participants. The vaccine, SPVX02, remained stable at 30°C for at least two years, addressing cold-chain failures that waste millions of doses annually.
Science Media Centre reported it asPhase 1 results from ‘fridge-free’ tetanus-diphtheria vaccine (opens Science Media Centre in a new tab)
Who says so
No rating organisation we draw on has placed Science Media Centre. We asked on 5 September 2026.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
High factuality
- Media Bias/Fact CheckhighCheck it
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for Science Media Centre.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Official site
- sciencemediacentre.org
- Seen publishing on
- sciencemediacentre.org
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 9
- Reports listed
- 9
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
9 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. Science Media Centre has not been placed on the spectrum, so there is no side to count against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 9 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Science Media Centre: its report arrived a median of 6 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 20 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 20 September 2026. Ratings pulled 5 September 2026.
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What we are responsible for is everything else: the ownership chain, where Science Media Centre publishes from, which of our stories we have listed it on, and whether we have the right publisher at all. Tell us what is wrong and an editor reads it.
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Every rating on this page is a named third party’s published work, republished with its author and, where one exists, a link to it. Our own coverage record is the section we measure ourselves. Neither is a judgement of any individual report: those are scored story by story, and the reasoning is on our methodology page.