EditorialA steel maker guiding molten iron from a blast furnace into casts at the Zaporistahl steel plant in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, on Nov. 7, 2022. (Finbarr O’Reilly/The New York Times)
EditorialA steel maker guiding molten iron from a blast furnace into casts at the Zaporistahl steel plant in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, on Nov. 7, 2022. (Finbarr O’Reilly/The New York Times)
EditorialA depository for sand, which requires furnaces heated up to 1,500 degrees Celsius to be converted into molten glass, at the Arc International factory in Arques, France, Sept. 8, 2022. (Andrea Mantovani/The New York Times)
EditorialSen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) campaigns for reelection, a race he lost to the Democratic candidate, Jon Ossoff, in McDonough, Ga., Dec. 29, 2020. (Nicole Craine/The New York Times)
EditorialInspired by Stouffer’s mac and cheese, in the red box from the freezer aisle, this homemade version, shown in New York on Oct. 26, 2021, delivers the same molten creaminess. (Testani/The New York Times)
EditorialInspired by Stouffer’s mac and cheese, in the red box from the freezer aisle, this homemade version, shown in New York on Oct. 26, 2021, delivers the same molten creaminess. (Testani/The New York Times)
EditorialThe solid form of the zinc alloy before it is molten and then cast to create the train chassis, at M?rklin's facility in G?ppingen, Germany, on Feb. 11, 2021. (Felix Schmitt/The New York Times)
EditorialThe solid form of the zinc alloy before it is molten and then cast to create the train chassis, at M?rklin's facility in G?ppingen, Germany, on Feb. 11, 2021. (Felix Schmitt/The New York Times)
EditorialMetal from a destroyed car that puddled, molten from the intense heat, at Royal Oaks Mobile Manor in Phoenix, Ore., a town devastated by the Almeda Fire, Sept. 12, 2020. (Alisha Jucevic/The New York Times)
EditorialMetal from a destroyed car that puddled, molten from the intense heat, at Royal Oaks Mobile Manor in Phoenix, Ore., a town devastated by the Almeda Fire, Sept. 12, 2020. (Alisha Jucevic/The New York Times)
EditorialEben Horton snips through molten glass, creating one of his floats, at his studio in Wakefield, R.I., Aug. 17, 2020. (Jillian Freyer/The New York Times)