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Should the Rich Be Allowed to Buy the Best Genes?

A letter from Quebec City and parts west …

Yakuza Yuk It Up

Viva Zapata

The inventor of the Flyboard channels his inner Tony Stark

Can Sunken Treasures Save Fish?

Small Fortune, No Cookie

Where’s the Beef?

Veganistas declare war on the faux-meat movement

The Château That Ate Provence, Part I

The gaudy villa that has French countrysiders in a tizzy

Good Reef

Indonesia

Burial Plots

Bottom-Feeders

Braking News

Jesus Spotted on Red Sea

Hive-Minded

Sweden

Nanny State

Norland nannies have looked after royalty, rock stars—and even Boris Johnson. His sister recalls the hand that rocked the cradle

Supersonic Boom

New York to London could take 90 minutes

It Was a Great Week for …

First Scam on the Moon

Apollo 11 was one small step for man, one giant leap for some German philatelists

Instagroan

The End of Silent Suffering

Hidden Figure

At the Moon launch, NASA engineer JoAnn Morgan took a small step for womankind

The Man Behind the Craigslist for Sloanes and Squires

“What ho, Nigel!”