Despite the grim forecasts, climate change may be worse than expected, according to new research covered in the Findings blog produced by the journal Science. And remember how ethanol was supposed to be a new green fuel? According to another item in Findings, it could lead to massive new deforestation in the Amazon jungle.

Climate change is a prime concern at this year's AAAS Annual Meeting in Chicago, but a crew of top Science writers and editors is casting a wide net. Compounds derived from marine sponges that may be able to undermine the toughest bacteria. The prospects for U.S.-North Korea science cooperation. The engineering applications of origami.

Check it out in Findings.