The Church publishes the Monitor because it sees good journalism as vital to progress in the world. Since 1908, we’ve aimed “to injure no man, but to bless all mankind,” as our founder ...

But they always surprise for their beauty and artistry, and this year the winners of the 50th annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography contest are no exception. Octopus eggs, spider eyes ...

Over the past seven years, Scottish photographer Kieran Dodds has been taking pictures of people ... than anywhere else in the world, people with ginger hair were a small minority.

Image: Daniel Knop Nikon’s Small World photography competition just reached its half-century mark, which features a slate of some of the sharpest, most eye-opening images yet of the world best ...

Large parts of the world got a rare glimpse of the Northern Lights on Friday night, after one of the strongest geomagnetic storms to hit Earth for years. These events increase chances of the ...

The Biden administration gave Israel 30 days to increase the flow of aid, warning that aid shipments into Gaza in September had reached an alarmingly low level. By Liam Stack and Aaron Boxerman ...

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is a little over a month away. The third live-action movie starring the blue blur will premiere on ...

Muslims around the world have begun celebrating Eid al-Fitr, one of the biggest celebrations in the Islamic calendar. Eid al-Fitr - which means "festival of the breaking of the fast" - is ...

People across the world are celebrating Christmas - one of the holiest times in the Christian calendar. However, for the second year in a row, there are smaller crowds at church services and other ...

Seamus Deane was one of the most vital and versatile authors of our time. Small World presents an unmatched survey of Irish writing, and of writing about Irish issues, from 1798 to the present day.

Former Democratic congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has been appointed as the director of national intelligence by US President-elect Donald Trump. Gabbard, who switched to the Republican Party, is a ...

A plasmid is a small, circular, double-stranded DNA molecule ... Researchers can insert DNA fragments or genes into a plasmid vector, creating a so-called recombinant plasmid.