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A Perfume Lover’s Guide to Florence
In the Italian birthplace of modern fragrance, a writer visits master perfumers and fragrance shops, and concocts her own autumnal scent.
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How Did Life Arise? Three Turning Points in Early Evolution
Where did it start? How did it grow complex? Why did it get big? Three moments in Earth’s early history when evolution suddenly, inexplicably turned up the dial.
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A Japanese Spacecraft Aims to Bring Back a Bit of a Martian Moon
The mission, scheduled to launch on Monday, is headed to Phobos, the larger of the two moons of Mars. It could carry back the first samples from the Martian system.
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Tree Pandemics
Species after species, American trees are suffering one devastating epidemic after another, unleashed by insects and bacteria that enter the country because of global trade.
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Anthropic’s I.P.O. Charity
The artificial intelligence giant plans to contribute 5 percent of its stock into a philanthropic fund. But its generosity depends on the A.I. boom continuing.
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Art Basel Las Vegas? The Fight Over Miami Beach’s Fair
After 18 months of negotiations and warnings that it might relocate to Nevada, the Art Basel fair will remain in Miami Beach through 2031.
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‘A Ticking Time Bomb’: An Economic Crisis Looms in Indonesia
Once a model of economic stability, Indonesia now faces growing hardship at home as President Prabowo Subianto’s policies shake investor confidence.
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U.S. Political Money Funnels to Indian Bots to Lure Voters
At least three dozen videos of people on the street expressing support for a Democratic candidate appeared millions of times on social media. It was unclear who paid for them.
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The VW Bus, Now Electrified, Keeps on Truckin’
A restored version of Volkswagen’s Flower Power-era Microbus, kitted out by Kindred Motorworks, is aiming for the affluent, while VW’s own E.V. is slow to get moving, much like its forebear.
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That Huge Republican Cash Edge? It’s in Senate Races, Not House Races.
With Republicans seen as less likely to hold their majority in the House, the party is focusing more on the battle for the Senate, where it is vastly outspending Democrats on ads.