116421SEPTEMBER2018•VOL361ISSUE6408sciencemag.orgSCIENCE21SEPTEMBER2018•VOLUME361•ISSUE6408CONTENTS1202&1216AnembryonicblueprintCREDIT:ISTOCK.COM/KHARKHAN_OLEGONTHECOVERAgrowingnumberofscientistsarestudyingscienceitself.These“metaresearchers”areaskinghowresearchersgenerateandtesthypotheses;whattheyread,cite,andpublish;andhowtheycollaborateandnetwork.Somehopethatabetterunderstandingofhowscienceworkswillhelpaddresssystemicproblemssuchasbiasesandtheinabilitytoreproducemanystudies.Seepages1178and1194.Illustration:DavideBonazzi/@SalzmanArtSPECIALSECTIONRESEARCHONRESEARCHNEWSINBRIEF1170NewsataglanceINDEPTH1172DEADLYSTORMSBREAKRECORDS,DAMAGEFACILITIESFlorenceandMangkhutholdlessonsforfuturedisasters,andomensofgrowingseverityByF.Schembri1173EVIDENCE-BASEDMEDICINEGROUPEXPELSINTERNALCRITICCochraneisinturmoilafteroustingco-founderPeterGøtzsche,whoaccuseditofbecoming“industry-friendly”ByM.Enserink1174DRUGPAIRSHOWSPROMISEFORTREATINGSLEEPAPNEASmallclinicaltrialreviveshopeforanalternativetobulkybreathingmachinesByM.Wadman1175AAASADOPTSNEWPOLICYFOREJECTINGHARASSERSSocietymaystriphonorsifmisconducthasbeenfoundByM.Wadman▶EDITORIALP.11671176AMODULARBACKBONEAIDEDTHERISEOFMAMMALSFossilsshowhowlumbarvertebraewerefreeduptoadapttomyriadlifestylesByE.Pennisi▶REPORTP.12491177BRAINSCIENTISTSDIVEINTODEEPNEURALNETWORKSIncreasinglyskilledartificialintelligencecouldholdcluestohumansensorysystemsByK.ServickFEATURES1178INTRODUCTIONByM.Enserink1180JOURNALSUNDERTHEMICROSCOPE“Journalologists”usescientificmethodstostudypublishing.Istheirworkimprovingscience?ByJ.Couzin-Frankel1184THEMETAWARSMeta-analysesweresupposedtoendscientificdebates.Often,theyonlycausemorecontroversyByJ.deVrieze▶PODCAST1189THETRUTHSQUADInitsdrivetoexposeweaknessesinscience,anup-and-comingresearchgroupdoesn’tmindsteppingonsometoesByE.Stokstad1192ARECIPEFORRIGORAsimplestrategytoavoidbias—declaringinadvancewhatyouwillstudy,andhow—israpidlycatchingonByK.KupferschmidtPOLICYFORUM1194TOWARDAMORESCIENTIFICSCIENCE▶PODCAST...
