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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2020

10 FROM THE EDITOR

Into the Future

On the crest of a new decade,

science is poised to change the

world... again.

BY BOB GRANT

12 CRITIC AT LARGE

Exorcising Peer Review Ghosts

Training young scientists to review

submitted manuscripts should be

an academic exercise, not a facet of

professional scientific publishing.

BY JAMES L. SHERLEY

14 NOTEBOOK

Island Frog Rescue; Jumping

Disease; Very Hungry Caterpillars;

Autism’s Cuffs

20 MODUS OPERANDI

Capturing Elusive Microbes

Using reverse genetics, researchers

create antibodies to reel in previously

uncultured bacteria.

BY RUTH WILLIAMS

44 THE LITERATURE

Viruses mediate bacteria-sponge

interactions; aneuploidy and female

fertility; diving beetles eat tadpoles

46 PROFILE

Switch Master

University of California, Berkeley

molecular biologist Barbara

Meyer’s work with bacteriophages

and nematodes exposed the

role of genetic switches in early

development.

BY DIANA KWON

49 SCIENTIST TO WATC H

Oded Rechavi: Epigenetic

Expressionist

BY EMILY MAKOWSKI

51 BIO BUSINESS

Ohio, Gene Factory

The state is emerging as a nascent

gene therapy hub.

BY SHAWNA WILLIAMS

55 READING FRAMES

Slip Sliding Away

Navigating a wintry landscape forces

the mind and body to come to a

constructive equilibrium and reveals

the fascinating dialogue between the

two elements of a human being.

BY SCOTT GRAFTON

60 FOUNDATIONS

A Woman of Firsts, Early

20th Century

BY EMILY MAKOWSKI

IN EVERY ISSUE

9 CONTRIBUTORS

11 SPEAKING OF SCIENCE

59 THE GUIDE

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CORRECTIONS:
The author of the November 2019 article "Poet of the Sea" was erroneously
listed as Shawna Williams; in fact, it was Ashley Yeager.
The December article "Marking the Way" stated that spinal taps are painful.
In fact, the procedure is performed under local anesthesia and is rarely
painful. The Scientist regrets the error.