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Frontiers

Swiss open-access academic publisher of peer-reviewed journals across science, medicine, and social science, including Frontiers in Conservation Science.

Known aliases

  • Frontiers in Conservation Science
  • Frontiers Media

Current stories

scienceOne report1 publisher

Tagged Galápagos yellow-morph green turtles stayed inside their marine reserve for up to 418 days

Nine yellow-morph green sea turtles tagged in the Galápagos in 2015 never left the marine reserve while their satellite tags transmitted, for up to 418 days. Only two were female, so the case for coastal protection is strong while breeding trips to distant beaches remain untested.

Publishers:sciencedaily.com

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+20
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence60
scienceConfirmed2 publishers

A crowded Theban chamber turns out to be ordered, and that changes how reused tombs get dug

Mapping 16 mummies, a dog and nine deposits in tomb TT 209 shows each new burial worked around the ones already there. The team says apparent disorder is partly a recording failure.

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers
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Builder 48%
Operator
Operator 44%
Investor
Investor 8%

Reality

Evidence60
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+15
Incentives25
Confidence55
scienceOne report1 publisher

Seventy-three burned grass layers at Cloggs Cave record 2,800 years of the same act

Nothing grows in the dark at Cloggs Cave, so the half-burnt silica plant microfossils in its ash layers came in with people. The dated layers show the same act being repeated for at least 2,800 years.

Publishers:sciencedaily.com

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+34
Incentives55
Confidence66
scienceOne report1 publisher

Funding losses pushed a 64-year marmot study onto OnlyFans

A Frontiers Q&A says funding losses have put Dan Blumstein's yellow-bellied marmot study at risk. A marked-animal record that lapses cannot be rebuilt later, and his OnlyFans account is the response.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence35
Adoption20
Hype gap+32
Incentives70
Confidence45
scienceOne report1 publisher

Sucralose and stevia reshaped mouse gut chemistry into generations that never drank them

A Universidad de Chile team gave 47 mice sweetened water at everyday doses and tracked two unexposed generations. Glucose handling shifted by sex and by line, and the metabolite drop is the part worth chasing.

Publishers:sciencedaily.com

Reality

Evidence26
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+38
Incentives58
Confidence34
scienceOne report1 publisher

Pollen in a Roman ship's tar turns hull sealant into a maintenance log

Researchers in France and Croatia analysed the coating on a 2,200-year-old Adriatic wreck and found pine tar, one beeswax patch, and pollen that points to where each coat was applied.

Publishers:sciencedaily.com

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+18
Incentives55
Confidence52