frontiers

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Readers willing to let some of the technical details wash over them are rewarded with a lively picture of the contemporary frontiers of science where, the authors argue, certainty does not belong.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

"This study opens up new frontiers in research on human evolution," adds Professor Eleanor Scerri of the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, also senior author of the study.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

Pyongyang closed its borders in January 2020 to stop the spread of the coronavirus, with research and media reports indicating that the diplomatically isolated nation spent subsequent years bolstering security along its frontiers.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

Others — often referred to as “me too” drugs — are chemically or mechanistically similar to existing therapies, designed to compete within established categories rather than to open new frontiers.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

His mind, in the words of one biographer, was "always operating out towards the frontiers, as far as he could see, and that was a great deal further than most other men."

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson