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Up to 76% of bottom trawlers are followed by bottlenose dolphins scavenging in their wake, suggesting there isn’t enough prey to hunt elsewhere
Featured news
National park visitors’ activities greatly influence likelihood of encounters with wildlife that could result in conflict between people and animals, suggests study analyzing high-risk activities
Featured news
Cognitive decline in dogs is associated with changes in the front legs’ gait, yielding a new monitoring tool for vets
Featured news
At Frontiers, we bring some of the world’s best research to a global audience. But with tens of thousands of articles published each year, it’s impossible to see all that research in the same way scientists do. Here are some images that showcase some of the newest findings published in the last month.
Health
An overnight fast is not always detrimental to training outcomes, provided chocolate is nearby, study investigating the relationship between smell, appetite, and exercise capacity finds
Health
Increased screening of patients’ family members, including men, could help identify people at high risk and support targeted cancer prevention
Health
‘Peacemaker’ immune cells could help treat diseases ranging from type 1 diabetes to neurodegeneration by restoring immune tolerance, according to a new paper in Frontiers in Science.
Health
Microbiome of ancient middens sheds new light on the daily life of Paleo-Inuit and old Norse
Neuroscience
Accessible digital tool recording writing speed and number of strokes in complex handwriting tasks could aid diagnosis of cognitive decline, study shows
Neuroscience
Dr Maria Santacà describes how not only how fish and birds perceive their worlds, but also how ecological pressures shape the evolution of perception.
Neuroscience
Scientists find that words you’ve been told to recall are better remembered than words with negative emotional connotations — but surprisingly, sleeping doesn’t help.
Neuroscience
Listening to joyful music helped study participants with motion sickness recover better than other participants — while sad music helped less than doing nothing.
Environment
Up to 76% of bottom trawlers are followed by bottlenose dolphins scavenging in their wake, suggesting there isn’t enough prey to hunt elsewhere
Environment
Microbiome of ancient middens sheds new light on the daily life of Paleo-Inuit and old Norse
Environment
New automatic detection algorithm integrates into 3D scanners to help catch marine wildlife trafficking in luggage
Environment
Seagrass seedlings come from sexual reproduction, not cloning, preserving essential genetic diversity
Psychology
Teenagers who report competing with caregivers’ phones for attention are more likely to have insecure attachment styles, which could damage wellbeing
Psychology
Researchers find more interaction with pets during stressful moments may not help stress-reduction but – in some cases – intensify negative feelings
Psychology
Bans on teenagers’ social media use are gathering pace worldwide. Their proponents claim that social media bans will improve young people’s mental health, but what evidence supports these claims? In their new Frontiers in Developmental Psychology article, Dr Monika Neff Lind and her co-authors argue that there is no solid scientific evidence behind these bans, and reason to believe they could backfire. In this guest editorial, Neff Lind explains why she and her colleagues doubt that social media bans will work, and how bans should be evaluated to determine whether they have any positive effects.
Psychology
For better play, give children space to choose and accessible games, scientists say
Space sciences and astronomy
Scientists have shown for the first time that solar activity can predict the rate at which space junk and satellites descend from orbit
Space sciences and astronomy
What if future planetary robots did not have to wait for instructions from Earth before examining every rock?
Space sciences and astronomy
Guest editorial by Prof Heidi Newberg, an astrophysicist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and author of a new Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences article
Space sciences and astronomy
Scientists successfully identify microbe fossils in terrestrial rocks like those found on Mars, opening up the possibility of searching for fossils on the Red Planet.
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