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 ...

In a new paper for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, we, alongside colleagues from a diverse range of fields, investigate the prevalence and extent of censorship and self-censorship ...

In a new paper for Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, we, alongside colleagues from a diverse range of fields, investigate the prevalence and extent of censorship and self-censorship in ...

This activity was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and the National Science Foundation (#SES-1024012). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed ...

Most people alive today who are not in science or medicine will not be able to quickly recall just ten biologists or ten chemists and their discoveries. Most of them can have a happy life without that ...

Cities are expected to track sustainability progress with data that are often incomplete, outdated, or available only at national level. New research led by IIASA in collaboration with UN-Habitat ...

Scientists have directly measured the minuscule electron sharing that makes precious-metal catalysts so effective. Their new technique, IET, reveals how molecules bind and react on metal surfaces with ...

Where lies the land to which the ship would go? Far, far, ahead is all her seamen know. —Arthur Hugh Clough Astronauts heading for some distant planet may not be quite as ignorant as Clough’s seamen.

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - The rise of sea levels is a serious concern in Eastern Carolina and new research out of Hong Kong could help climate models more accurately predict sea level rise.

When the Atomic Energy Commission allowed observers, including newsmen, to watch a thermonuclear test at Bikini atoll in late May, it told them practically nothing and got them out of the test area as ...