Science 6.03.2020

INSIGHTS

PERSPECTIVES

1070 Understanding the

mother-breastmilk-infant “triad”

Breastmilk research holds important

opportunities to improve maternal-child

health By L. Bode et al.

1065 Pentagon’s social science research

faces threat

Minerva initiative falls out of favor in latest

DOD review of spending priorities

By J. Mervis

1066 New telescope promises boon

for Turkish science

The 4-meter Eastern Anatolia Observatory

aims to become an affordable regional

hub By U. Farooq

FEATURES

1067 The body’s dangerous defenders

Neutrophils fiercely attack infections,

but can also trigger disease. Researchers

are trying to tame them By M. Leslie

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How are health outcomes

related to breastmilk?

NEWS

IN BRIEF

1058 News at a glance

IN DEPTH

1061 Can China’s COVID-19 strategy

work elsewhere?

Rapid decline in case numbers is real,

expert mission concludes—but it came

at a high cost

By K. Kupferschmidt and J. Cohen

1062 Why weather systems

are apt to stall

A new theory tries to explain enigmatic

“blocks” that bring heat waves and drought

B y P. Vo o s e n

1064 Unplanned experiment could

help save a key farmed fish

Random outbreak at research center

points to tilapia variants that resist the

deadly emerging tilapia lake virus

By E. Stokstad

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CONTENTS

1067

1072 Origins of peanut allergy-causing

antibodies

Analysis of gut-produced antibodies raises

questions about how food allergy arises

By D. R. Wesemann and C. R. Nagler

SCIENCE IMMUNOLOGY RESEARCH ARTICLE BY

R. A. HOH ET AL. 10.1126/SCIIMMUNOL.AAY

1074 Coding functions of

“noncoding” RNAs

Hundreds of RNA regions that encode

microproteins are found to regulate cell

growth By L.-H. Wei and J. U. Guo

REPORT p. 1140

1075 Rings rule three-dimensional

active matter

Dynamical defect networks are imaged

in viral-particle liquid crystals driven by

biomotors By D. Bartolo

REPORT p. 1120

1077 Frank Press (1924–2020)

Policy adviser and National Academy

of Sciences president By M. McNutt

POLICY FORUM

1078 Overcoming obstacles to

experiments in legal practice

The biggest ethical concern is failing to seek

reliable evidence to guide the legal profession

By H. Fernandez Lynch et al.

BOOKS E T A L.

1081 Evolution makes a splash

An underwater arms race drives a vibrant

new game By A. Chuang and O. Schwery

1064

Vesicles from neutrophils can

damage connective tissue fibrils.

Published by AAAS