<![CDATA[Frontiers | Science news]]> https://www.frontiersin.org/news Nuxt.js and Contentful Sat, 22 Aug 2026 07:54:52 GMT Sat, 22 Aug 2026 07:54:52 GMT <![CDATA[The hidden high costs of ‘free-to-play’ videogames show players need better protection, scientists say]]> https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2026/08/21/hidden-high-costs-free-to-play-videogames-players-need-better-protection-frontiers-public-health hidden-high-costs-free-to-play-videogames-players-need-better-protection-frontiers-public-health Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Warming waters draw summer ‘feeding frenzies’ by whales off Greenland]]> https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2026/08/20/frontiers-marine-science-feeding-frenzies-baleen-whales-on-capelin-greenland-sea frontiers-marine-science-feeding-frenzies-baleen-whales-on-capelin-greenland-sea Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Ancient Egyptian tomb shows how burial trends changed over hundreds of years]]> https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2026/08/18/egyptian-tomb-burial-trends-over-time egyptian-tomb-burial-trends-over-time Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[New fossil evidence challenges the story of mammalian birth]]> https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2026/08/13/new-fossil-evidence-challenges-story-mammalian-birth new-fossil-evidence-challenges-story-mammalian-birth Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Frontiers institutional partnerships update – summer 2026]]> https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2026/08/11/frontiers-institutional-partnerships-update-summer-2026 frontiers-institutional-partnerships-update-summer-2026 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Wildfires now the dominant contributor of unhealthy levels of air pollution for pregnant women in the US]]> https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2026/08/07/wildfires-dominant-contributor-air-pollution-pregnant-women wildfires-dominant-contributor-air-pollution-pregnant-women Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Powerhouses for fake meat: muscle protein can now be grown in chloroplasts of lettuce and tobacco plants]]> https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2026/08/06/frontiers-plant-science-transgenic-plants-carrying-myoglobin-gene-in-chloroplasts-for-fake-meat-production frontiers-plant-science-transgenic-plants-carrying-myoglobin-gene-in-chloroplasts-for-fake-meat-production Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Orphaned grizzly cubs released back into the wild rarely make it, but these changes could improve chances drastically]]> https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2026/08/03/orphaned-grizzly-cubs-released-wild-rarely-make-it-improve-chances orphaned-grizzly-cubs-released-wild-rarely-make-it-improve-chances Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Frontiers in Science: Lanthanide carriers can enhance biomedical imaging and combined diagnosis and treatment approaches]]> https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2026/07/30/frontiers-in-science-lanthanide-carriers-can-enhance-biomedical-imaging-and-combined-diagnosis-and-treatment-approaches frontiers-in-science-lanthanide-carriers-can-enhance-biomedical-imaging-and-combined-diagnosis-and-treatment-approaches Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Chicken kidney sponge could be ‘outstanding’ at cleaning up polluted ports]]> https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2026/07/30/frontiers-marine-science-chicken-kidney-sponge-candidate-for-renaturalization-degraded-polluted-ports frontiers-marine-science-chicken-kidney-sponge-candidate-for-renaturalization-degraded-polluted-ports Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Mosquitoes’ most powerful weapon in fighting insecticide has been discovered]]> https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2026/07/29/mosquitoes-powerful-weapon-fighting-insecticide mosquitoes-powerful-weapon-fighting-insecticide Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Saber-toothed cats' spinal tumors may show how inbred species struggled to survive ]]> https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2026/07/27/saber-toothed-cats-spinal-tumors-inbred-species-frontiers-veterinary-science saber-toothed-cats-spinal-tumors-inbred-species-frontiers-veterinary-science Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Orcas filmed ramming one of the world’s heaviest fish so hard it explodes, possibly for fun]]> https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2026/07/23/orcas-ramming-worlds-heaviest-fish-explodes orcas-ramming-worlds-heaviest-fish-explodes Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Australian cave discovery shows grass was burned for magic, healing, and cursing for 25,000 years]]> https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2026/07/22/frontiers-environmental-archaeology-cloggs-cave-phytoliths-gunaikurnai-first-nations-people-australia frontiers-environmental-archaeology-cloggs-cave-phytoliths-gunaikurnai-first-nations-people-australia Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Mrinalini Rai – Restoring rights, rethinking conservation]]> https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2026/07/22/mrinalini-rai-restoring-rights-rethinking-conservation mrinalini-rai-restoring-rights-rethinking-conservation Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Walking sharks and displaced lions: Here are Frontiers’ photo highlights of the month]]> https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2026/07/21/walking-sharks-displaced-lions-frontiers-photo-highlights walking-sharks-displaced-lions-frontiers-photo-highlights Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Underwater drones discover coral reefs off Benin, long presumed dead, teeming with life ]]> https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2026/07/20/underwater-drones-coral-reefs-benin-presumed-dead-teeming-life-frontiers-marine-science underwater-drones-coral-reefs-benin-presumed-dead-teeming-life-frontiers-marine-science Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Ancient Egyptian princesses born 4,000 years ago were skilled archers, new study shows ]]> https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2026/07/17/ancient-egyptian-princesses-4-000-years-ago-skilled-archers-frontiers-environmental-archaeology ancient-egyptian-princesses-4-000-years-ago-skilled-archers-frontiers-environmental-archaeology Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Frontiers FAIR² Data Management earns top honor in the 2026 CODiE Awards]]> https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2026/07/16/frontiers-fair-data-management-earns-top-honor-in-the-2026-codie-awards frontiers-fair-data-management-earns-top-honor-in-the-2026-codie-awards Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Elephants communicate through ground vibrations thanks to large middle ear bones and a special muscle]]> https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2026/07/15/elephants-ground-vibrations-middle-ear-bones-special-muscle elephants-ground-vibrations-middle-ear-bones-special-muscle Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT