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

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Whether we like it or not, smartphones and tablets are an ...

Surrounded by some of the characters she's created, Nancy Hahn recently launched Planet Pink Club, a mobile game for young children promoting kindness as game rewards. Nancy Belle Studios, ...

Lonely Planet Kids, the children’s imprint of travel media brand Lonely Planet, has announced the appointment of Hanna Otero as publisher. The hire is part of the house’s ongoing expansion in the ...

Many economists and business leaders are raising alarms about falling birthrates. But advocates for lower human populations ...

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) defined a dwarf planet in 2006 as a celestial body that orbits the Sun, is round in shape, but has not cleared its orbital neighborhood of objects of ...

For a very long time, Saturn was thought to be the only planet in our solar system with rings. The rings around Saturn were discovered by an astronomer called Galileo Galilei nearly 400 years ago. He ...

What do exoplanets look like? Although they vary, NASA asked children to draw what they believed exoplanets looked like. Then, the governmental agency put the images on a chip that will fly onboard ...

What’s the world’s stinkiest fruit? Which building tilts more than the Leaning Tower of Pisa? And where can you eat fried spiders as snacks? These and a slew of additional questions are answered in ...