ZME Science media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media places ZME Science in the centre. We have seen it on 16 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is ZME Science biased?
Ad Fontes Media places ZME Science in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is ZME Science left or right?
Ad Fontes Media places ZME Science in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is ZME Science reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for ZME Science are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What ZME Science has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with ZME Science’s own report linked underneath.
A study analyzing satellite data from 2002 to 2022 indicates the Great Pacific Garbage Patch has become bluer and greener. Researchers suggest microplastic pollution is a likely cause, though further direct measurements are needed for definitive proof.
ZME Science reported it asSome Parts of the Ocean Are Turning a Weird Shade of Blue-Green. Scientists Suspect It's Plastic (opens ZME Science in a new tab)
The Trump administration has announced $15 billion in aid for agriculture producers, intended to mitigate increased expenses for diesel and fertilizer. The package includes direct payments, guaranteed loans, and commodity purchases, with details emerging in the weeks before the midterm elections.
ZME Science reported it asTrump Cut Funding for Farmers. Now He's Offering Them Billions Just Days Before the Midterms (opens ZME Science in a new tab)
Supermarkets in at least nine European countries experienced cyberattacks on their refrigeration systems on November 2. The European Union warned the incidents were a deliberate attempt to disrupt the food supply chain, leading to spoiled food and investigations.
ZME Science reported it as2. Someone Is Making Europe's Supermarket Freezers Melt Their Own Food (opens ZME Science in a new tab)
Scientists have identified an icy object, named 2026 ED138, orbiting the sun beyond Pluto. The object's size is estimated between 600 and 1,500 kilometres in diameter. Classification as a dwarf planet depends on further study.
ZME Science reported it asAstronomers Have Found a Possible New Dwarf Planet Beyond Pluto. It's the Sixth in the Solar System and It Was Hiding in Plain Sight (opens ZME Science in a new tab)
An artificial intelligence model can predict cancer patients' survival risk and biological aging from a single facial photograph. The research, conducted by Mass General Brigham, used a model trained on over 40 million facial images.
ZME Science reported it asAI Can Spot Signs of Impending Death Among Cancer Patients in a Single Face Photo (opens ZME Science in a new tab)
A UN report states that global warming will inevitably surpass 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Current policies project a rise to 2.8 degrees by 2100, but immediate, significant emissions reductions could limit the peak and return temperatures to 1.5C by 2100.
ZME Science reported it asThe World Is Set to Blow Past 1.5 Degrees Celsius of Warming and the Consequences Could Be Devastating (opens ZME Science in a new tab)
A United Nations report indicates humanity is heading for a hotter world than previously projected, partly due to increased emissions from the United States. If countries meet their reduction pledges, the Earth will likely warm by 2.2 degrees Fahrenheit (1.2 degrees Celsius).
ZME Science reported it asThe World Is Set to Blow Past 1.5 Degrees Celsius of Warming and the Consequences Could Be Devastating (opens ZME Science in a new tab)
Jonathan, a 194-year-old Aldabra giant tortoise, has had his genome sequenced by scientists studying the secrets of his longevity. The research identified genetic changes associated with DNA repair and telomere function, offering potential insights into aging.
ZME Science reported it asAt 194, the World’s Oldest Tortoise Has a Surprising Secret Hidden in His DNA (opens ZME Science in a new tab)
A giant cloud near Mars' Arsia Mons volcano forms daily through a process called homogeneous nucleation, where water vapor turns directly into ice. This method has never been observed in a planetary atmosphere before, challenging previous assumptions about cloud formation.
ZME Science reported it asA Giant Cloud Appears on Mars Every Morning. Scientists Finally Think They Know Why. (opens ZME Science in a new tab)
Paleontologists have identified Herugavialis cairensis, a new species of extinct crocodile, from 45-million-year-old fossils found in Egypt's Mokattam Formation. The limestone used for the Great Sphinx was quarried from this formation, and a key fossil skull shares a missing snout tip with the monument.
ZME Science reported it asNew Crocodile Species Discovered in the Limestone Used to Build Egypt's Great Sphinx Is 45 Million Years Old (opens ZME Science in a new tab)
SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its first orbital test flight on Monday. The mission aims to deploy satellites and test systems critical for future NASA moon missions, with a planned splashdown off the coast of Chile.
ZME Science reported it asStarship Finally Takes a Lap Around Earth. Then a Balky Engine Sends It Home Early (opens ZME Science in a new tab)
For the first time, astronomers have detected radio signals directly from an exoplanet, Beta Pictoris b, located 63.4 light-years away. The signals, likely from the planet's aurora, suggest a powerful magnetic field, offering new insights into planetary environments beyond our solar system.
ZME Science reported it asAstronomers Detected a Radio Signal Coming Directly From an Exoplanet for the First Time (opens ZME Science in a new tab)
Analysis of prehistoric human remains from Indonesia has revealed evidence of habitual drug use dating back approximately 25,000 years. This predates agriculture and suggests humans may have been consuming psychoactive substances much earlier than previously understood.
ZME Science reported it asEarliest Human Drug Use Ever Found Shows People in Indonesia Were Getting High on Betel Nut as Far Back as 25,000 Years Ago (opens ZME Science in a new tab)
Drinking very hot beverages, defined as 65C or above, triples the risk of oesophageal cancer compared to warm drinks, according to a large Oxford University study. Consuming six or more hot drinks a day also increases the risk, though the overall likelihood of developing the cancer remains low.
ZME Science reported it asLove Your Tea or Coffee Scalding Hot? A Huge Study Has a Warning (opens ZME Science 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.
ZME Science reported it asKeeping Global Warming Below 1.5°C Is No Longer Possible. We Must Now Remove Carbon, United Nations Says (opens ZME Science in a new tab)
Astronomers have identified a star, S301, orbiting the Milky Way’s central black hole at 25,000 kilometres per second, the fastest known in the galaxy. Its tight orbit may enable scientists to measure the black hole’s spin, testing Einstein’s general relativity.
ZME Science reported it asThe Fastest Star in the Milky Way Races Around the Milky Way’s Black Hole at 8% the Speed of Light (opens ZME Science in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
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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
Who owns it
- ZME GRUP PUBLICITATE SRLIndependentdirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Romania
- Official site
- zmescience.com
- Seen publishing on
- zmescience.com
- Access
- Free to read
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
- 16
- Reports listed
- 16
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 5 August 2026
16 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. ZME Science is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 16 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of ZME Science: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 7 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 7 November 2026. Ratings pulled 9 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as ZME Science, also publishing from Romania, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
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