The pious young scientist had a question about human origins and the attention of one of the foremost geneticists in the world. Standing up in a crowded Hilton-hotel conference room in Alexandria, Va.

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Digitally generated image showing volcanic eruptions during formation of Earth A number of recent books and articles would have you believe that—somehow—science has now disproved the existence of God.

In recent decades, major scientific breakthroughs—in cosmology with the Big Bang theory, in quantum physics, and in neuroscience—have begun to shed new light on these mysteries. But do these ...

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 public dialogue on Does God Exist? between Javed Akhtar and Mufti Shamail Nadwi, moderated by Saurabh Dwivedi, became one of the most intellectually charged conversations in recent public memory.

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 ...

On this episode of Free Expression, Gerry Baker speaks with Bolloré, one of the authors of “God, the Science, the Evidence.” They discuss how the Big Bang and the creation of the universe could be the ...