History is generally chronicled from the rather parochial perspective of human beings. We are the ones recording it, and in keeping with our species’ characteristic narcissism, we tend to emphasize ...

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 ...

The morning sun shines through a forest on Sakhalin Island in Russia's Far East. Russia has “three times as many trees as there are stars in our galaxy,” Sophie Pinkham writes. (Igor Dudkovskiy/AP) ...