Known as a “genius,” the protective spirit or deity was believed to bring good fortune and prosperity to a particular person, ...

The drone buzzes across the vineyard, two metres above the vines, dispensing a fine cloud of spray. At the end of the row it ...

There is a particular kind of quiet that settles over you above ten thousand feet, where the air thins and the trees stop looking like trees at all. In California’s White Mountains, gnarled shapes ...

Those of us who live in San Francisco, where there are earthquakes aplenty and only a couple of buildings older than 200 years old, have a sixth sense for seismic safety. So our antennae went up upon ...

From blocked JetBlue merger to engine recalls and soaring jet fuel, how years of setbacks left Spirit one bad week from collapse. Cheap fares, layoffs, and a second bankruptcy have left Spirit ...

The Great Pyramid has been called a tomb, a wonder of engineering, and the subject of countless conspiracy theories. Now, it is being called a potential extraterrestrial communication device. A new ...

JetBlue and Frontier have aggressively added capacity, but only about one-fifth of Spirit's summer seats have been replaced. The loss of the ultra-low-cost carrier is expected to lead to higher ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza has stood for centuries despite harsh weather and powerful earthquakes, and a recent study may have uncovered one reason why. Researchers measured how the pyramid naturally ...

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 Great Pyramid has been standing through the frequent earthquakes of Egypt for thousands of years, but how something so ancient could hold up so well was a mystery until now. Researchers who ...

Over the past 4,600 years, the Great Pyramid of Giza has weathered a dozen or so major earthquakes. Most recently, the 5.9 magnitude Cairo earthquake of 1992 dislodged some casing stones from the ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt has survived more than 4,500 years. Earthquakes have repeatedly shaken the region, including the magnitude 5.8 Cairo earthquake in 1992, which dislodged some of the ...