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sci-abstract

Use when writing the two front-matter artifacts Science (AAAS) demands — the one-sentence summary for the table of contents and the ≤125-word single-paragraph abstract — both readable by any scientist and both leading with the quantified advance rather than the method. Late-stage polish skill for the flagship AAAS weekly.

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# Abstract & One-Sentence Summary (sci-abstract)

## When to trigger

- Significance, framing, and format are settled (do this late).
- The abstract reads like a method recap with no result.
- There is no one-sentence summary, or it restates the title.
- The abstract exceeds ~125 words or is dense with jargon/acronyms.

## Two distinct artifacts Science requires

### 1. One-sentence summary (≤ ~125 characters)

A single declarative sentence for the table of contents and editors. It is **not** the title and **not** the first line of the abstract.
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