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04 Mar 2026
Ancestors of modern humans collected crystals for which they had no apparent use. A new chimp study could help researchers understand the roots of this infatuation.
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03 Mar 2026
Thinning to slow wildfires simultaneously boosts ‘hydrological resilience’ of forests
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27 Feb 2026
Scientists use insects trapped in amber to understand ecosystems that died out millions of years ago
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26 Feb 2026
Frontiers and the Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research (Sikt) have announced the renewal of their national open access agreement for 2026. Originally signed in 2020, this partnership continues to streamline the publishing process for Norwegian researchers and reinforces the country's leadership in open access publishing.
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26 Feb 2026
A dolphin returning to a historic habitat necessitates management of people, not wildlife, researchers monitoring solitary bottlenose dolphin in Venice say
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20 Feb 2026
New study on the Antarctic Peninsula shows that the choices we make in the next decade will determine Antarctica’s fate for centuries
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18 Feb 2026
Neural synchrony between mothers and children doesn’t require native language proficiency
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17 Feb 2026
A bacterial strain thriving in icy environments could sharpen antibiotic resistance crisis – or help solve it, new research shows
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13 Feb 2026
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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12 Feb 2026
Study of inequality in medieval graves shows that stigmatized illnesses didn’t bar people from socially prestigious burials
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10 Feb 2026
As drought and rising organizational demands for larger hunting operations hit at the same time, ancient hunters adapted to severe droughts by shifting the way and where they hunted, study shows
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09 Feb 2026
A key technique of cognitive behavioral therapy for panic disorder is interoceptive exposure, where patients learn to tolerate the physical effects of panic attacks through repeated simulated exposure. Now, scientists have shown in a randomized controlled trial that brief intermittent intensive exercise is more effective at reducing the severity of panic disorder than relaxation therapy.
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03 Feb 2026
Cats process proteins so efficiently that isotope signatures in their hair resemble plant-eaters, indicating that isotopic values alone may be insufficient to determine what animals ate
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29 Jan 2026
Guest editorial by Ric Treble and Caroline Copeland, authors of a new Frontiers in Pharmacology article that examined the impact of national and international legislation on the emergence of new psychoactive substances in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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27 Jan 2026
New footprint identification technology can identify ecosystem-critical species which were once only distinguishable by DNA.
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