When I was a girl wa-a-a-ay back in the 1900s, pear salad wasn’t one of those artfully arranged dishes served in upscale restaurants. The pears weren’t roasted or broasted or poached; there was no ...

As Pear Therapeutics’ financial situation forces the company into bankruptcy, Ben Hargreaves takes a look at whether this is just a blip on the road for digital therapeutics, or a sign of darker times ...

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 actual 12 days of Christmas start on December 25—here are some fun facts about the song you can enjoy during the festivities. The story goes that from the 16th to the 18th century, when being a ...

The lucky recipient in the classic Christmas carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas" got 23 birds over the course of the holiday season. Hopefully they didn’t live in a studio apartment. In the yuletide ...

Despite its unusual appearance, cactus fruit is delicious and loaded with nutrients. Also known as prickly pear, tuna fruit, or cactus pear, it has a naturally sweet flavor and can be used in various ...

Jennifer Simonson is a business journalist with a decade of experience covering entrepreneurship and small business. Drawing on her background as a founder of multiple startups, she writes for Forbes ...

Abstract: Bagging is a crucial step in the full cycle management of pear cultivation, with increasing labor costs annually, driving research on intelligent bagging equipment. We describe an ...

THE presence of fire-blight of pear, an extremely destructive bacterial disease caused by Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al., has recently been confirmed in England. This represents the first ...

Narrow shoulders, fuller hips, and a defined waist come together in a beautiful silhouette known as a pear. If you’ve ever struggled to dress your body or are looking for new pear-shaped body outfits, ...