At the same time, new science and technology are quietly handing people abilities that look a lot like superpowers, from sensing “invisible” patterns to literally seeing in the dark. I want to unpack ...

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 ...

Ultraviolet and near-infrared light are widely used in modern technologies but are invisible to the human eye. Researchers ...

A personal encounter with the science of ageing—telomeres, senescence, and cellular disorder—unsettles the cultural script that equates growing older with decay. From Meghalaya’s caves to the trillion ...