“Big Bucks John”

from National Geographic The controversial sale of ‘Big John,’ the world’s largest Triceratops The fossil’s $7.7-million sale has some experts worried that ancient bones’ rising prices will put more scientifically valuable fossils out of...

Burning Big Book

from Vanity Fair “TOO LATE TO STAND UP AGAINST AMAZON”: BOOK-INDUSTRY INSIDERS BACK THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S BID TO STOP A PUBLISHING MEGA-MERGER The Department of Justice’s attempt to halt Penguin Random House’s acquisition of Simon & Schuster finds support...

Fine Boom

from The Wall Street Journal Art Is Among the Hottest Markets on Earth Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips get ready to sell off at least $1.6 billion worth of art, including works that could sell for 15 times their asking prices By Kelly Crow | Photographs by Bess...

747

from Architectural Digest How the Boeing 747 Changed the Way Airplanes Are Designed On the anniversary of its first test flight in February 1969, AD looks back on how the “Queen of the Skies” became the most famous plane in the world By Stefanie Waldek If...

Beware Sanitizing Gel

from AP via ABC News Man burst into flames after Taser used on him, police say Authorities say an upstate New York man is in grave condition at a hospital after police used a Taser to subdue him and he burst into flames ByThe Associated Press CATSKILL, N.Y. — An...