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 ...

Researchers studying face pareidolia find the brain detects faces in minimal patterns and quickly assigns age, emotion, and ...

“Pareidolia: This body of work is called ‘Pareidolia’ because every image suggests more than is present. While common examples of this phenomenon suggest that we see the common simple things in the ...

Have you ever looked up at the sky and spotted a face in the clouds? If so, you’re not alone, this surprisingly common ...

Humans are masters of seeing faces in any old thing—a handbag, TV static, toasted white bread. Scientists want to know why. A few years ago, as the category 5 Hurricane Milton bore down on the Florida ...

Humans tend to anthropomorphize things: we give names to our pets, plushies, and even cars and boats. For me, a pack of colored pens once served as all the X-Men during childhood playtime. Other times ...