A new study indicates that a rise in sea levels as a result of global warming could be double or even triple than what climate forecasters have previously predicted for the end of the century. The ice sheets are melting faster than anticipated, making the situation even worse than previously thought.

Researchers studying the brains of toddlers say the strength of their brain waves can indicate language ability. The research might lead to early identification of language impairment.

Researchers have shown that voters can be swayed toward choosing a candidate by making the candidate look more like the voter. These visual manipulations were unnoticed, but were enough to swing the 2004 presidential election. The implications of the research go beyond digital manipulation and give a deeper insight into this year’s heated race for the White House.

Genes don’t just tell whom you’re related to or why you look a certain way; now, they can also tell you where you came from. Researchers have created a genetic map of Europe, and they hope to expand it globally, as this ScienCentral News video explains.

In just a few years, “Drill, baby, drill” could be replaced by “Grow, baby, grow.” Scientists have shown they can make green gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel from plant sugars — far different from today’s biofuels.

Could a change in the rules governing commercial fishing actually reverse a worldwide trend of declining fish populations? As this ScienCentral video explains, a just-released study of where those rules have changed says, “yes.”

The Lasker Foundation has announced that Doctors Victor Ambros, Gary Ruvkun, and David Baulcombe won the Lasker Medical Prize for their discovery of micro-RNA molecules, and their role in gene regulation.

What happens when you send 3,000 water bears on a 12-day mission into outer
space? Researchers hope the answer will teach us something about genetic
self-repair. [Photo: Bob Goldstein]

They say youth is wasted on the young, but when it comes to pleasure chemicals in our brains, the opposite may be true. A study released today shows that there is a drastic change in how our brains respond to pleasure and reward as we age.

The idea that “it’s better to give than receive” may not be limited to just humans. Now researchers have found a group of monkeys that seem to get pleasure from giving.