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SCIENCE
4 MARCH 2022 • VOL 375 ISSUE 6584 935INSIGHTS
PERSPECTIVES
970 Anthropogenic influences
on bee foraging
Efficient foraging is vital to bee fitness
but is challenging in the Anthropocene
By D. Goulson and E. NichollsON THE COVER
The Newton’s cradle is often used
to demonstrate the conservation
of momentum and energy in U.S.
college physics courses. But Black
students are rare in those classes
and, despite decades of efforts
to increase Black representation
in U.S. physics, the problem is
getting worse.
A special
News section
examines why,
and ways of
reversing the
trend. See page- Illustration:
Nik Richard
CONTENTS
4 MARCH 2022
VOLUME 375
ISSUE 6584 SPECIAL SECTIONBlack physicists
INTRODUCTION
950 Can U.S. physics overcome
its record of exclusion?
Data show white institutions falling
short and Black colleges leading the
way By J. MervisFEATURES
952 The toll of white privilege
How the dominant culture in physics
has discouraged diversity By J. Mervis956 Fix the system, not the
students
Change requires building bridges,
removing barriers By J. Mervis960 Black colleges can’t do it all
At historically Black colleges and
universities, tight funding threatens
an extraordinary record of nurturing
Black physicists By J. Mervis964 Called to teach
Black physics Ph.D.s are more than
twice as likely as other groups to
teach in high schools and community
colleges. For many, it’s a mission
By A. Smart967 Michigan’s surprising path
to diversity
Black graduate students find a
nurturing culture in its applied
physics program By J. MervisSEE ALSO
EDITORIAL p. 937 PODCASTSCIENCE science.orgNEWS
IN BRIEF
940 News at a glanceIN DEPTH
942 War in Ukraine poses stark
choices for scientists
As Ukrainian researchers hunker down or flee,
backlash against Russian science builds
By R. Stone943 Regulator halts assembly
of fusion reactor
ITER must meet safety concerns before
welding giant tokamak sections By D. Clery944 Mammoth mangrove bacterium
has complex cell
“Eye-opening” discovery challenges
evolutionary thinking on microbes
By E. Pennisi945 New name won’t fix all flaws in China
Initiative, critics worry
Justice Department promises tighter focus
on preventing espionage and no profiling of
Chinese academics By J. Mervis970
946 Studies bolster pandemic origin
in Wuhan animal market
Close scrutiny of earliest cases and
samples from market suggests virus
crossed over from animals sold there
By J. Cohen948 U.N. panel warns of warming’s
toll and an ‘adaptation gap’
Impact of climate change will be worst for
the natural world and humanity’s most
vulnerable B y P. Vo o s e n949 China quietly plans a pivot from
‘zero COVID’
Scientists are studying how to live
with the virus while avoiding a crisis like in
Hong Kong By D. Normile