EditorialThe Good Leaf dispensary, which sells “Platinum Gushers,” marijuana selling at $350 an ounce, out of a converted gas station, in Salamanca, N.Y., 60 miles south of Buffalo, Sept. 8, 2022. (Maddie McGarvey/The New York Times)
EditorialDaniel Garcia, left, was the first customer to buy marijuana on the first day of recreational marijuana sales at Rise Paterson dispensary in Paterson, N.J., April 21, 2022. (Bryan Anselm/The New York Times)
EditorialKobe Bryant LA Lakers jacket and Cristiano Ronaldo and Diego Maradonas football shirts among slew of memorabilia hitting auction block form host of sporting greats
EditorialThe time is long overdue to relieve coconut oil of a halo that scientific evidence shows it doesn’t deserve and instead give consumers a chance to use the $40 they may spend on a 32-ounce jar of coconut oil to invest in foods that can actually enhance their health. (Gracia Lam/The New York Times)
EditorialBanliang coin, Chinese, 3rd century BC. The Chinese inscription reads 'banliang', with 'ban' to the right of the hole and 'liang' to the left. Banliang means 'half-ounce' - the weight of the coin. These coins circulated in the powerful state of Qin dur...
EditorialThree Round Copper-Alloy Balance Weights with Crosses, 8th?9th century, Byzantine, Copper alloy, 3/8 ? 1 1/4 in., 1.9oz. (0.9 ? 3.2 cm, 54g), Metalwork-Copper alloy, These objects are decorated with a cross and their respective weights in Greek initial...
EditorialThree Round Copper-Alloy Balance Weight with Cross, 8th?9th century, Byzantine, Copper alloy, 1/2 ? 1 15/16 in., 5.5oz. (1.2 ? 4.9 cm, 157g), Metalwork-Copper alloy, These objects are decorated with a cross and their respective weights in Greek initial...
EditorialLead Ingot with Monograms, 6th century, Byzantine, Lead, 1/4 ? 1 7/16 ? 1 7/16 in., 2.8oz. (0.7 ? 3.7 ? 3.6 cm, 80g), Metalwork-Lead, Stamped with a Greek monogram that most likely reads 'eparch of the city,' this three-ounce ingot is probably a commod...
EditorialCopper-Alloy Balance Weight with Figures in an Architectural Setting, 5th?6th century, Byzantine, Copper alloy, 3/8 ? 1 1/4 ? 1 1/4 in., 2.8oz. (1 ? 3.1 ? 3.1 cm, 80g), Metalwork-Copper alloy, Symbols and people are often depicted within an architectur...
EditorialSnow leopard or ounce, Panthera uncia (Once, Felis onca uncia). Endangered. Engraved by Thomas Landseer after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith drawn from a specimen skin in the Tower of London. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Edward Gr...
EditorialBanliang coin, Chinese, 3rd century BC. The Chinese inscription reads 'banliang', with 'ban' to the right of the hole and 'liang' to the left. Banliang means 'half-ounce' - the weight of the coin. These coins circulated in the powerful state of Qin dur...