The latest revival of “ Mystery Science Theater 3000 ” is off to a strong start. At the time of this publishing, the ...

In Adam Roberts's Lake of Darkness, two spaceships meet to study a black hole. Their research comes to an abrupt halt, however, when crew members start dying horribly, says Emily H. Wilson ...

For many years, like most of my peers, I thought that science was part of the solution. More knowledge and innovation would allow societies to adapt to and mitigate environmental damage. That belief ...

Tantalising signs of past microbial life showed up on Mars this year, but to truly know whether they contain the answer to the biggest question in the universe, we will need to bring samples back to ...

Spin-out Merge Labs aims to rival Elon Musk’s brain-chip company Neuralink. But researchers say the technology is still at an ...

RiffTrax and Shout! Studios have teamed to produce four new episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000 with Mike Nelson, Bill ...

The Monitor has just launched our newly redesigned print magazine. We hope that it serves to connect you, expansively, to the world around you.

Research in the late 1990s showed that not only do some rats laugh when being tickled, such behavior can be selected for ...

With our camera lens, we try to show you the world as it is, with all its beauty, compassion, and resilience. This month, ...

President Donald Trump has been depicted as Adolf Hitler on the front cover of the latest issue of a leading European news magazine. The January 9 edition of Objektiv, a Slovenian weekly ...

On Mars, in the belly of a rover named Perseverance, a titanium tube holds a stone more precious than any diamond or ruby on Earth. The robot spotted it in 2024 along the banks of a Martian riverbed ...

This has been a busy year in science, from government budget cuts and policy changes affecting research, to the record rise of renewables, to the surge in AI, and everything in between. Science ...