“Virtual Unreality,” the latest book by the New York University journalism Professor Charles Seife, is certain of one thing: The Internet is filled with misinformation. It’s on rockier territory when ...

Did the universe really begin with a bang, and will it end with a whimper? Well-known science journalist Seife gives a comprehensive survey of "theories of everything" from the ancients to the latest ...

Note: This event has been rescheduled from a previous date. “Fake News, Bogus Science, and Bad Math: A Journalist’s Advice for Cutting Through BS” will be the topic of a talk by Charles Seife, ...

Can the state-of-the-art story of our universe -- what mankind knows and how we know it, along with the parts only fervently suspected -- be recounted in less than 300 pages? Meaningfully, that is?

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 ...

In a book that's all but impossible to put down, science journalist Seife (Alpha & Omega) explains how the concepts of information theory have begun to unlock many of the mysteries of the universe, ...

The new book "Virtual Unreality" by Charles Seife — which deals with how to detect lies online — has an interesting insight on the origins of those absurd scams from Nigerians asking for relatively ...

In a world filled with opinions, many of us are starved for facts. And statistics seem like a pretty reliable place to turn for sustenance. Take these for example: “diet and brain-teasers will make ...

Opening with prehistoric humanity's first attempts at counting livestock and closing with contemporary efforts to quantity whether the universe is expanding or contracting, science writer Charles ...

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 ...