EditorialElizabeth Leitman at the Storm Prediction Center of the National Weather Center in Norman, Okla., Feb. 17, 2023 (Nick Oxford/The New York Times)
EditorialClay model of a sheep's liver (used by experts in divination). Old Babylonian, about 1900-1600 BCE Probably from Sippar, southern Iraq. Length: 14.6 cm Width: 14.6 cm ANE 92668 The Babylonians believed that the world was controlled by gods and that the...
EditorialPrediction of coming calamity, medal struck by the States of Zeeland, Front: Christ with two disciples in boat, ravaged by waves under coat of arms within inscription. Reverse: man with crown and scepter, sitting on a horse in the middle of the water w...
EditorialPrediction of coming disaster, medal struck by the States of Zeeland, Copper medal. Front: Christ with two disciples in a boat, ravaged by waves under a coat of arms within an inscription. Reverse: man with crown and scepter, sitting on a horse in the ...
EditorialJerome Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, appears before the Senate Banking Committee in Washington on Wednesday morning, June 22, 2022.