News

  1. Health & Medicine

    Testosterone therapy takes off pounds

    A five-year study shows that men getting the hormone consistently lose weight.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Tech

    Interactive map like GPS for Roman Empire

    A simulation calculates the cost in days and dinarii of shipping goods throughout the classical world.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  3. Health & Medicine

    Learn to play piano in your sleep

    That’s still impossible, but an experiment suggests hearing a previously learned ditty while snoozing improves later performance of the piece.

    By Laura Sanders
  4. Earth

    East Coast faces faster sea level rise

    From North Carolina to Massachusetts, waters are rising more rapidly than the global average.