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Deborah Pirchner
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151 news posts
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08 Oct 2026
Working around men may make women feel worse about mistakes, study finds
With more men on the team, it may become harder for women to admit mistakes or see them as learning opportunities, shows study of workplaces with ‘harsh error culture’
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30 Sep 2026
Dinos snacked on seafood washed up on ancient beaches, fossil study shows
Dinos and their prey likely ate seaweeds, which offers an explanation to mysteriously high carbon isotope signatures in their teeth
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22 Sep 2026
Films written by women make studios the most money, but budget goes to male filmmakers
Movies by female screenwriters top profit and return on investment rankings, but women are still severely underrepresented in the industry, highlighting a ‘capital allocation puzzle’
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17 Sep 2026
Discover underwater and mountain worlds: Here are Frontiers’ photo highlights of the month
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.
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24 Aug 2026
Watch these puppies to lower your blood pressure: Here are Frontiers’ photo highlights of the month
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.
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18 Aug 2026
Ancient Egyptian tomb shows how burial trends changed over hundreds of years
Placement of mummies in a Theban tomb – from individual placement to stacking of bodies – shows how burial practices and their symbolic implications changed over time
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13 Aug 2026
New fossil evidence challenges the story of mammalian birth
The microscopic structure of fossilized bones helps solve ‘inscrutable mystery’ about the reproduction of ancestor of true mammals
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07 Aug 2026
Wildfires now the dominant contributor of unhealthy levels of air pollution for pregnant women in the US
Air pollution has significantly declined over the last decades in the US, but the share of prenatal exposure to pollution caused by wildfires has more than doubled, potentially offsetting hard-won improvements
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03 Aug 2026
Orphaned grizzly cubs released back into the wild rarely make it, but these changes could improve chances drastically
Guest editorial written by Lana Ciarniello, an independent wildlife research biologist and author of a new Frontiers in Conservation Science article that describes how the rehabilitation success of orphaned grizzly cubs could be improved
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29 Jul 2026
Mosquitoes’ most powerful weapon in fighting insecticide has been discovered
Study uncovering mechanisms behind insecticide resistance finds a mosquito population that shows early signs of resistance – a survival advantage that could be driven by just a few proteins
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23 Jul 2026
Orcas filmed ramming one of the world’s heaviest fish so hard it explodes, possibly for fun
Study documenting previously undescribed orca behavior in the Gulf of California finds hold-and-ram strategy could be parental investment – or entertainment
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21 Jul 2026
Walking sharks and displaced lions: Here are Frontiers’ photo highlights of the month
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.
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15 Jul 2026
Elephants communicate through ground vibrations thanks to large middle ear bones and a special muscle
Researchers may have uncovered the mechanisms behind elephants’ long-distance communication through ground vibrations: large and heavy ears and ear canals that can be sealed off at will
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09 Jul 2026
Sniffing chocolate could make your leg day workout easier, even on an empty stomach
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
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02 Jul 2026
Study pinpoints how to minimize chances of dangerous wildlife encounters this summer
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