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We know playing slot machines can trigger uncontrolled spending and addictive behaviors in some people. But what about paid-for features in ‘free-to-play’ games? Microtransactions like loot boxes or paid progression within a game can add up quickly and easily. In their new article in Frontiers in Public Health, Dr Markus Meschik and his colleagues investigate who spends the most among children pl…

Schools of baleen whales now feast regularly on capelin in rapidly warming Greenland Sea

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

The microscopic structure of fossilized bones helps solve ‘inscrutable mystery’ about the reproduction of ancestor of true mammals

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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

DNA for key component of muscle has been inserted into tobacco and lettuce chloroplasts with a ‘gene gun’, paving the way for plant-grown meat.

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

Hardy sea sponge shows great promise as an ecosystem engineer to clean up and rewild degraded harbors

Review highlights how new approaches using lanthanide-based materials could enhance precision imaging and enable more personalized diagnostics through integrated design and AI-driven analysis.

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

Evidence of spinal nerve tumors and developmental abnormalities in saber-toothed cats from the La Brea Tar Pits indicates that the dwindling species was in poor genetic health

Study documenting previously undescribed orca behavior in the Gulf of California finds hold-and-ram strategy could be parental investment – or entertainment

In the world of biodiversity conservation, Mrinalini Rai has spent the best part of two decades fighting for something deceptively simple: that the women and Indigenous communities who care for nature receive the recognition, inclusion, and compensation they deserve. As the founder and director of Women4Biodiversity, a global advocacy organization that promotes and protects the fundamental rights…

Perfectly preserved ‘phytolith’ plant crystals reveal that indigenous Australians took grasses into cave for ritual burning since last Ice Age

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.

Researchers used sonar and underwater imaging systems to find mesophotic coral garden 1960s scientists assumed must be dead

Strong muscle attachments and healed fractures show that royal women could use the weapons they were buried with — but also that high status didn’t prevent hardship

Frontiers, a leading open science publisher, today (16 July) announced that FAIR² Data Management, powered by Senscience, has been named a 2026 CODiE Award Winner in the category "Best AI Data and Analytics Solution."

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