Gene-Therapy Approval Marks Milestone
The EU approved for sale the Western world's first gene-therapy drug, a medicine that introduces functioning genes to patients whose defective genes cause disease.
November 2012
October 2012
Double-Impact Jewelry
Tap into the stylish power of symmetry with identical cuffs worn on each wrist.
Luxury Real Estate: Can’t Sell? Try Asking More
In a bid to attract trophy hunters, some high-end sellers are taking a counterintuitive and risky step: raising the price.
Collector’s Eye: Worthy Characters
Talking to Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo, about an exhibition in San Francisco featuring his collection of Chinese calligraphy.
The Hottest Label: Made in the U.S.A.
Domestically produced menswear has found cachet among the sartorial set. Get ready for American goods that are quite a bit better than good.
How Capitalism Can Save Art
Camille Paglia on why a new generation has chosen iPhones and other glittering gadgets as its canvas.
Jewel of the Romanesque Revival
For the Crane Memorial Library in Quincy, Mass., architect Henry Hobson Richardson adapted elements of the Beaux Arts style and made it into a personal statement of deceptive simplicity.
New Nordic Comes Home
At Fäviken Magasinet, the food is cutting-edge and hyper-local. But the Swedish restaurant's new cookbook is full of practical tips.
From China With Love
Today's anxieties about the rise of China were foreshadowed a century ago, in the figure of threatening plotter Fu-Manchu. Jeffrey Wasserstrom on the reissued novels of Sax Rohmer.
September 2012
Do Gadgets Really Threaten Planes?
The ban on electronic devices rests on anecdotes, not on hard evidence—because there isn't any.