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Fram2 crew was surprised to not see any evidence of human activity at the South Pole from 285 miles above. For the first time ...

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 ...

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In this TED talk, Yann Arthus-Bertrand talks about his photograpy project - Earth from Above, and recently released movie on environment - Home. Yann Arthus-Bertrand is a French photographer, ...

As an asteroid mining start-up's latest mission goes awry, Josh Sims looks at how close we really are to extracting rare ...