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How the tongue tastes sour

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NEWS
The roots of resilience

IN BRIEF
962 News at a glance
IN DEPTH
964 ASIA’S HUNGER FOR SAND TAKES
TOLL ON ECOLOGY
Scientists link species’ declines to the mining
of construction-grade sand By C. Larson
965 ARECIBO TELESCOPE SAVED BY
UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM
University of Central Florida will take over Downloaded from
operations of iconic radio dish By D. Clery
966 RESTRAINING IMMUNITY COULD
LOWER HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Walling out
Researchers hope to launch clinical trial of
floodwaters in
new strategy By M. Leslie
Bangladesh
967 GENOME EDITOR GETS MORE http://science.sciencemag.org/
VERSATILE AND PRECISE
FEATURES PERSPECTIVES
Modifying enzyme used by CRISPR brings
970 INTRODUCTION 986 SEEKING RESILIENCE IN four times more DNA within reach of its
By J. Couzin-Frankel MARINE ECOSYSTEMS molecular scissors By J. Cohen
With recovery windows closing, how can
972 AFTER THE DELUGE reef corals resist climate change? 968 BETTER ATOMIC CLOCKS HERALD
Twelve years after Hurricane Katrina, social By E. S. Darling and I. M. Côté NEW ERA OF TIMEKEEPING
scientists seek lessons from its survivors Move to redefine the second would boost
By K. Servick 988 WHAT MAKES A TERRESTRIAL accuracy by a factor of 100 By E. Cartlidge on March 1, 2018
ECOSYSTEM RESILIENT?
976 LESSONS IN RESILIENCE A complex set of biotic and abiotic 969 COSMIC DAWN SIGNAL HOLDS CLUE
In war zones and refugee camps, factors determines the resilience TO DARK MATTER
researchers are putting resilience of an ecosystem By K. J. Willis et al. Microwaves from the big bang probe
interventions to the test By E. Underwood primordial gas clouds as the first stars
SEE ALSO ▶ VIDEO turn on By A. Cho
980 BENDING TO THE WATER’S WILL ▶ PODCAST
In flood-prone Bangladesh, resilience can
mean letting water have its way ON THE COVER
By W. Cornwall Gopal Mondal stands INSIGHTS
CREDITS: (PHOTO) TANMOY BHADURI; (GRAPHIC) N. DESAI/SCIENCE By E. Pennisi erosion. As natural and human forces 990 ENGINEERING A DESIGNER IMMUNOTHERAPY
on the remnants of
NATURE’S STRATEGIES
land at the edge of
Polder 32, an artificial
975 Fish that switch sex to thrive
PERSPECTIVES
island in Bangladesh.
Mondal, a resident
978 Resilience by regeneration
of Polder 32’s Gunari
Tailoring cytokine selectivity by
By E. Pennisi
village, lost his land
engineering receptor-ligand pairs
because of river
979 Stealing genes to survive
circumvents toxicity By C. L. Mackall
By M. Leslie
▶ REPORT P. 1037
threaten homes and livelihoods, resilience—
982 Squirrels with a rainy day fund
the ability to adapt to adversity, with
991 pHIRST SOUR TASTE CHANNELS pHOUND?
By M. Leslie
whatever approach proves most effective—
Newly discovered acid channels may
985 A plant that stands and fights
By E. Pennisi
page 970. Photo: Tanmoy Bhaduri
mystery By C. Montell
▶ REPORT P. 1047
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