There's a small problem with Earth's magnetic field: It should not have existed, as Earth's rock record indicates it has, for the past 3.5 billion years. Motions in the Earth's molten iron core ...

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 ...

Findings from a table-top experiment have revealed that the primary driver of a type of fluid flow called solutal convection has been overlooked. What's more, once this driver is accounted for, it ...

chronicles the formation of Earth from solar system dust particles that coalesced and became one of the four rocky planets closest to the sun. shows how scientists examine meteorites to determine the ...

The equatorial location gives to Lake George (surface area 250 km 2) a climatic regime which makes for an exceptionally unvaried physico-chemical environment within the water mass throughout the year.