To say that the Earth's magnetic field is important would be an understatement. It's one of the reasons we live on this pretty little rock tumbling through space, and it also gives us the gorgeous ...

In this episode of "Uncanny Valley," we discuss the economics and environmental impacts of energy-hungry data centers and ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has been a topic of discussion ever since it was discovered on July 1 this year. Scientists have been intrigued by the visitor from outer space because of its strange ...

A "Big One" on the Cascadia subduction zone in the Pacific Northwest might trigger a similarly serious earthquake on California's San Andreas Fault, new research suggests. The findings are based on ...

Northerly winds from Canada push wildfire smoke into Wisconsin and down to surface level, exposing residents to microscopic PM2.5 particles, according to NPR. According to the EPA, PM2.5 has both ...

The global community is facing a number of urgent challenges, such as emerging diseases, epidemics, antimicrobial resistance, ...

The Federal Reserve is already staring down the difficult task of determining interest-rate policy in the midst of a sluggish labor market and high inflation. The government shutdown now in its second ...

A former Ph.D. student at the University of York has used records from museum collections and citizen science projects to ...