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SCIENCE MAGAZINE ———– APRIL 30, 2026 Preview

SCIENCE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Built To Scale’ – The power law behind hos deltas grow…

Vaginal bacteria turn newborn skin into a beneficial ‘bioreactor’

Lipid synthesized on skin may promote brain development—and a swabbing with vaginal fluid can provide it to C-section babies

How an HIV/AIDS tragedy spurred human evolution

High death toll in a South African province rapidly shaped immune system genes

Bizarre Hawking radiation may smooth the jagged hearts of black holes

Hawking’s signature prediction may prevent vexing singularities from forming

AI can reason like a physician—what comes next?

Text-based AI can think like a physician; the challenge is achieving safe clinical implementation

Can AI simplify the alphabet of life?

Generative AI design yields functional proteins with only 19 amino acids

SCIENCE MAGAZINE ———– APRIL 16, 2026 Preview

SCIENCE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Grand Connection’ – Timing of Colorado River’s arrival crystallizes….

Ancient lake’s flood may have etched the Grand Canyon

Mineral grains show Colorado River filled a basin at the canyon’s head millions of years ago

Differences in ribosomes may help explain human diversity

Mutations in genes for cells’ protein factories linked to traits such as height and weight

Rise of farming, cultural shifts supercharged human evolution

Sweeping study finds rapid genetic change in past 10,000 years

Fog, a research ‘underdog,’ gets serious attention

California effort will study the future of a vital water source in a warming world

SCIENCE MAGAZINE ———– APRIL 9, 2026 Preview

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SCIENCE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Active Matter’ – Mapping the organization of rods in motion.

Mars mission aims for nuclear propulsion—on a tight deadline

Fission-powered space flight, a 60-year dream, would supercharge Solar System exploration

Trump reprises requests for deep cuts to federal research spending

Science advocates now waiting to see whether Congress will once again refuse

As attacks escalate, Iran’s universities become targets

Air strikes have destroyed or damaged a wide range of academic and commercial research centers

Cash isn’t enough to get scientists to spot errors, project finds

Now the ERROR project is promising an additional incentive: a publication

Pesticides may wreak havoc on the gut microbiome

Disruption of complex intestinal ecosystem could contribute to diabetes and other health issues, scientists say

SCIENCE MAGAZINE —- MARCH 5, 2026

SCIENCE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Bottleneck Recovery’ – Population expansion and genetic reshuffling in koalas…

Stem cell therapies ‘come of age’ with two conditional approvals in Japan

Induced pluripotent stem cells could help treat diseased hearts and brains

AI and quantum now drive NSF grantmaking, officials say

Leaders acknowledge White House role in recent controversial moves

U.S. research agency moves to restrict foreign scientists

Proposed rule at National Institute of Standards and Technology would limit lab access to a few years

Why three scientists said no to Epstein

The warning signs included a web search, a mother’s doubts, and inklings of a “sexist attitude”

SCIENCE MAGAZINE – JANUARY 29, 2026

SCIENCE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Gone Fishing’ – Social cues inform foraging.

Earthquake sensors buried in the quietest spot on Earth

Beneath the South Pole, two seismometers will probe the planet’s interior and monitor movement of Antarctic ice

Oil helped build Venezuela’s science. Can oil now revive it?

After Maduro, Venezuelan researchers hope to rebuild the industry that supported the country’s scientific workforce

Leading preprint server clamps down on ‘AI slop’

First-time posters to arXiv now need an endorsement from an established author

Magnetic fields cause fluorescent proteins to dim

Effect could lead to MRI-like diagnostics and switchable, remote-controlled drugs

SCIENCE MAGAZINE – JANUARY 1, 2026

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SCIENCE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Sleeping or Sprouting’ – Genetic variation in a barley kinase gene determines dormancy duration and preharvest sprouting….

Sun-size lens could reveal alien continents and oceans

Telescopes far beyond Pluto could use the Sun’s gravity to magnify a distant planet

Two views of a rogue planet

A collaboration between ground and space observations unveils a rogue planet

Duck-billed dinosaur fleshy midline and hooves reveal terrestrial clay-template “mummification”

SCIENCE MAGAZINE – DECEMBER 18, 2025

SCIENCE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘2025 Breakthrough of the Year’…

Good morning, sunshine

The seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy is Science’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year

The green giant

Images of China’s clean energy infrastructure reveal a transformation of unmatched scale and speed

Seafloor telecom cable turned into giant earthquake detector

Dense seismic array more than 4000 kilometers long promises new views of Earth’s interior

New materials could supercharge computer memory chips

Ferroelectrics could bolster “flash” memory in AI data centers and autonomous robots

SCIENCE MAGAZINE – NOVEMBER 27, 2025

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SCIENCE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Herding Cats’ – Ancient DNA suggests later arrival for domestic cats in Europe.

Gene expression dynamics in neonatal sepsis

Rapid gene expression changes during treatment of neonatal sepsis indicate reversibility of host immune response and enable prognostic approaches.

Artificial ‘nose’ tells people when certain smells are present

Technology that uses a less known sensory system to substitute for olfaction could one day help anosmic people detect some odors

Global carbon emissions will soon flatten or decline

With China’s surge in renewable energy, greenhouse gases are reaching a turning point

SCIENCE MAGAZINE – NOVEMBER 20, 2025

SCIENCE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Soft 3D Transistors’ – Hydrogel semiconductors for biologically compatible electronics.

High-resolution climate model forecasts a wet future

With details as fine as short-term weather forecasts, model achieves newfound accuracy

Make the census voluntary? Bad idea, say statisticians

Pending bills in U.S. Congress could degrade data from national surveys

‘A sigh of relief’: New malaria drug succeeds in clinical trial as existing treatments falter

Ganaplacide, developed by Novartis, eases worries about drug resistance—but hard choices loom on how to use it

As neural organoids advance, ethics races to keep pace

Scientists, ethicists, and patient advocates mull biology’s latest provocative technology

SCIENCE MAGAZINE – OCTOBER 23, 2025

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SCIENCE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Share My Good Mood’ – Positive affective contagion in bumble bees.

New study fuels debate over lifesaving antibiotic strategy for children in Africa

Mass distribution increases risk of antibiotic resistance, but benefits vanish when treatment is restricted to babies

COVID-19 vaccines may boost cancer immunotherapy

Messenger RNA in the shots could act like a “siren” calling immune cells to destroy tumors

A better recipe for generating immune peacemakers

Nobel laureate develops new method of making regulatory T cells that could treat autoimmune conditions