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 ...

MIT professor and author of “Einstein’s Dreams,” Alan Lightman, spent the evening of Nov. 9 engaging in an intimate conversation about the intersection of science and the arts. The event was ...

Michael Lightman, a visionary Memphis Realtor and third-generation scion of the Malco movie company, has died at 81.

What is our place in the universe? That, it seems to me, is the central question that occupies MIT physicist and humanist Alan Lightman in his delightful new collection of essays, “The Accidental ...