Science - USA (2021-07-16)

265 Large survey finds questionable

research practices are common

Dutch study finds 8% of scientists

have committed fraud

By J. de Vrieze

266 Astronomers lay high-energy

particle traps in Greenland’s ice

Deep-space neutrinos caught by

buried radio antennas could point to powerful

cosmic accelerators By D. Clery

267 Senate bill gives ‘have-not’ states

a big boost

Congress wrestles with how to increase

geographic diversity in NSF funding

By J. Mervis

268 European law could boost

clinical trials reporting

New database and stricter enforcement

could help end lapses in reporting results

By B. Casassus

FEATURES

269 Starstruck

Atomic traces left by nearby supernovae

point to ancient assaults on Earth By D. Clery

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NEWS

IN BRIEF

260 News at a glance

IN DEPTH

262 Protein structure prediction

now easier, faster

AI approach is accessible to all structural

biology, drug discovery researchers

By E. Pennisi

RESEARCH ARTICLE BY M. BAEK ET AL.

10.1126/SCIENCE.ABJ

263 Brain signals ‘speak’ for person

with paralysis

Algorithm creates words, sentences from

neural activity By K. Servick

264 Will COVID-19 change science?

Past pandemics offer clues

From the Black Death to AIDS, outbreaks

can spur scientists to rethink how they study

disease and protect public health

By J. Couzin-Frankel

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INSIGHTS

PERSPECTIVES

274 The long reach of family ties

In hyena societies, inherited social networks

affect social behavior

By J. A. Firth and B. C. Sheldon

REPORT p. 348

276 Rethinking immunology

An interferon-g–induced apolipoprotein lyses

bacterial membranes in the cytoplasm of

host cells By C. Nathan

RESEARCH ARTICLE p. 296

277 Bioinspired methane oxidation

in a zeolite

Molecular-sized iron-containing cages

control conversion of methyl radicals into

methanol By S. L. Scott

REPORT p. 327

278 Autonomous biocompatible

piezoelectrics

Implants that work with muscles should

monitor, correct, and be self-energized

By S. Berger

REPORT p. 337

280 Using viral load to model

disease dynamics

The quantity of an individual’s viral load

improves monitoring of epidemics

in populations

By B. A. Lopman and E. T. Rogawski McQuade

RESEARCH ARTICLE p. 299

281 Targeting aging cells

improves survival

Drugs that remove senescent cells cut

coronavirus deaths in old mice

By L. S. Cox and J. M. Lord

RESEARCH ARTICLE p. 295

282 The making of an ovarian niche

Ovarian somatic cells are derived in vitro

from pluripotent embryonic stem cells

By L. Yang and H.-H. Ng

RESEARCH ARTICLE p. 298

POLICY FORUM

284 Beware explanations from

AI in health care

The benefits of explainable artificial

intelligence are not what they appear

By B. Babic et al.

BOOKS E T A L.

287 Automating incarceration

Better algorithms are key to reducing bias

in criminal sentencing, argues a legal scholar

By M. Spezio

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