Science - USA (2022-01-07)

ILLUSTRATION: DAVIDE BONAZZI/SALZMANART

NEWS

IN BRIEF

6 News at a glance

IN DEPTH

9 Omicron threat remains fuzzy as

cases explode

Many countries break infection records; how

much severe disease they will see is unclear

By K. Kupferschmidt and G. Vogel

10 What the Lieber verdict means for

the China Initiative

Jury finds Harvard University chemist

guilty of lying about ties to China

By J. Mervis

12 Satellites document rapid expansion

of cropland

Farms added 100 million hectares globally

over 2 decades, threatening biodiversity and

accelerating climate change

By G. Popkin

13 Afghan scholars find a warm welcome

in Rwanda

Five academics have resettled in Kigali with

help from the U.S. National Academies

By R. Stone

14 Plant diversity is blowing in the wind

DNA in air reveals the plants below—and

requires no tromping through bushes

By E. Pennisi

INSIGHTS

LETTERS

20 NextGen Voices: Ask a peer mentor

Back in person, back to the races

PERSPECTIVES

22 Using correlates to accelerate

vaccinology

Correlates and surrogates of desired

outcomes are valuable but have limitations

By P. J. M. Openshaw

RESEARCH ARTICLE p. 43

23 T cells to fix a broken heart

In vivo engineered T cells provide a promising

approach to treat cardiac diseases

By T. A. Gao and Y. Y. Chen

REPORT p. 91

25 Paleobiology provides glimpses

of future ocean

Fossil records from tropical oceans predict

biodiversity loss in a warmer world

By M. Yasuhara and C. A. Deutsch

REPORT p. 101

26 Setting boundaries for tissue

patterning

Engineers point the way toward more

complex and homogeneous intestinal

organoids By T. R. Huycke and Z. J. Gartner

RESEARCH ARTICLE p. 40

27 Archaeal nitrification without oxygen

The single-cell organism can self-produce

oxygen for ammonia oxidation

By W. Martens-Habbena and W. Qin

REPORT p. 97

29 Regulation of zeolite particle

morphology

Specific particle morphology endows zeolites

with improved molecular recognizability

By W. Fan and M. Dong

REPORT p. 62

30 Richard Lerner (1938–2021)

Fearless scientist and leader of Scripps

Research By P. Schultz

POLICY FORUM

31 Eroding norms over release

of self-spreading viruses

Risky research on lab-modified

self-spreading viruses has yet to present

credible paths to upsides By F. Lentzos et al.

PODCAST

CONTENTS

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15 Russia begins work on national

permafrost monitoring system

Data could improve climate models and

provide warnings for infrastructure vulnerable

to thawing soil By O. Dobrovidova

PODCAST

FEATURES

16 The pandemic whistleblower

Rick Bright raised the alarm about the Trump

administration’s response to COVID-19. Now,

he wants to build an alert system for future

threats By J. Cohen

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