This image from 1908 shows early pustules on a patient's leg and foot in a case of unmodified smallpox.
The human eye contains structures that allow it to perceive light, movement and colour differences.
Both science and mātauranga pūtaiao build knowledge and understanding about our world. Often, we start with curiosity about something we’ve noticed and we want to find...
Māori knowledge and methods are increasingly being incorporated into New Zealand’s conservation practices. In this story, we meet researcher Dr Priscilla Wehi who uses both mātauranga...
This timeline provides a look at some of the historical aspects of fighting infection, covering early discoveries on germs, vaccination, how our bodies help us to...
Long before anybody understood anything about vaccination, it was noticed that, if people recovered from a disease, they didn’t get that particular disease again.
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