The second installment of our blog series featuring our reporters’ personal thoughts on the stories they produce. Read Brad Kloza’s insights on Sunita Reed’s article- Threat and Politics: Are Political Views Rooted in Biology?

Jeremy Bailenson, the Stanford researcher featured in our story “Vote For You!,” just pointed just this youtube video out to me.

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.

Wondering who’s got an edge in the next game or Olympic event? Here’s a hint: watch out for the contenders in red.

In celebration of the Olympic games in Beijing, China, we’re posting a video by Brad Kloza, who represented ScienCentral News at a conference on public scientific literacy in Shanghai. And don’t miss the “Science Literacy Olympics” beneath the video!

Scientists have discovered that a large expanse of a musician’s brain “shuts off” while improvising music. Here’s a note-worthy study of the human brain.

Is the Sun dead? Probably not, despite news reports to the contrary.

Researchers have discovered how to stop a critical braking mechanism that makes obese people non-responsive to insulin, leading to diabetes. Finding this molecular brake gives hope for a new generation of diabetes drugs.

As global temperatures rise, glaciers melt and sea levels go up, right? Well, new research on prehistoric climates indicates that the opposite could somehow be true. The findings add a new twist to how we think about climate change.