EditorialVince Stanley on a portion of his land he is allowing modified trees to be planted on in Vidalia, Ga., Feb. 13, 2023. (Audra Melton/The New York Times)
EditorialVince Stanley on a portion of his land he is allowing modified trees to be planted on in Vidalia, Ga., Feb. 13, 2023. (Audra Melton/The New York Times)
EditorialDr. Cheryl Hamlin, an obstetrician-gynecologist from Massachusetts, at Jackson Women’s Health Organization in Jackson, Miss., the the last abortion clinic operating in the state, on Nov. 3, 2021. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)
EditorialArmillary sphere, heliocentric, which shows already the first four planets between Mars and Jupiter, giving their time of rotation. Large, outer ring with signs of the Zodiac. Unsigned, Italy, around 1810. 28 cm across.
EditorialTechnicians test the Juno spacecraft for center of gravity, weighing and balancing on a rotation stand in Titusville, Fla., on June 16, 2011. (Kim Shiflett/NASA via The New York Times)
EditorialSidereal Clock, made in 1800 Attributed to James Newton, Sidereal time is a timekeeping system that astronomers use to locate celestial objects. Using sidereal time, it is possible to easily point a telescope to the proper coordinates in the night sky....
EditorialGlass jug from a closed grave with numbers 17, 18 and 24. The jug is partially pre-blown in a cylindrical form and finished with free-blowing technique. The ear is turned on separately. Except for the fracture of the lip, this object is completely inta...
EditorialSolid cast bronze statuette of an old sileen, which shows animal features: horse ears, heavy eyebrows and a blunt mops nose. The sileen is bald, has a wavy beard and a seated but supple body. Because of the pleasures of the wine, he seems to have somet...