From October 31 through December 6, Les Enluminures gallery in New York City will showcase 41 rings from the personal collection of the renowned gem dealer and collector Benjamin Zucker. Cycles of Life: Rings from the Benjamin Zucker Family Collection includes items once owned by notable scholars and jewelry connoisseurs such as Joan Evans, Ralph Harari, the Rothschild family, and Melvin Gutman.

The exhibition features highly detailed, handcrafted rings dating from the first century to the mid-19th century….

Cancer has, until very recently, been regarded as a collection of diseases characterized by, indeed defined by, abnormalities in cell division (mitosis). This is logical in that the most obvious attribute of most cancers is the formation of masses, called tumors, and the cancer cells found in tumors clearly arise by mitosis. But this is only a part of the story. Much recent evidence points toward another characteristic of cancer that might be as or even more important: abnormal cell mobility. In fact, fro…

It’s a bird! It’s a pangolin! No, it’s andBeyond’s new Sandibe Lodge.

Why Go: Have you ever heard of a pangolin? If you are unfamiliar with the term, do a quick online image search. The scaly anteater, native to Africa and Asia, was the inspiration for the architecture of the new andBeyond Sandibe Okavango Safari Lodge. One of several high-end camps on the Okavango Delta, Sandibe opened in 1998 on the banks of the Santantadibe River. In January the camp closed and was rebuilt, with the pangolin-inspired mai…

2 oz. Highland Park 12 Year Old
1 oz. fresh lemon juice
¾ oz. simple syrup
½ oz. ginger juice
Small dash cayenne pepper
Club Soda
Lemon twist
Ice

Shake all ingredients together and strain over ice in a collins glass. Top with club soda and garnish with a lemon twist.

When it comes to its size, stature, and sticker price, the Bentley Mulsanne is unquestionably the flagship sedan in the British automaker’s lineup of stalwart vehicles. The Flying Spur, however, while smaller in size, comes with a bigger W-12 engine, which in turn produces more horsepower. For some, these numbers are trivial when looking at overall luxury; but Bentley wanted to provide the 4-year-old Mulsanne model with an additional boost of power and exclusivity for 2015 (as a 2016 model). Enter the Bentley …

The French shoemaker Berluti has debuted the Swing, its first-ever ready-to-wear men’s golf shoe. Priced from $3,430, the footwear is made with a new last (or shoe form) called St. Andrews, named after the golfing town in Scotland, and an upper crafted from resilient kangaroo leather. The Swing shoes are available in two bicolored options—bone and gold or vermilion and indigo—and are finished with a lustrous patina and brogue-style details, including a removable fringed lace cover in Berluti’s trademark minera…

The audio-engineering dream team at Constellation Audio is at it again. With a stable of engineers and designers composed of some of the hi-fi industry’s most renowned names, the Southern California company has established itself as one of the leading manufacturers of audiophile-grade power amplifiers, preamplifiers, and digital music sources. (The top-of-the-line Constellation Reference Series is one of today’s benchmarks for performance.) Constellation recently began shipping its new Inspiration Series, whic…

In September at the annual Cannes Yachting Festival, Dominator Yachts introduced the D26 Ilumen, an 87-foot semicustom model that uses hybrid propulsion. Though it has not yet been built, the yacht—which took two years to develop—presents specifications that are indeed promising, both in terms of design and performance.

Its four power modes range from pure electric, which engages the electric engines and enables the yacht to travel silently at speeds up to 6 knots, to diesel and electric, which engages both…

While Aston Martin has never left any of its models wanting in the looks department, its cars’ performance figures—even for the range-topping models—always seem one step behind those of the competition. In an effort to keep pace with the likes of Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and even Ferrari, Aston Martin is making some very astute changes to the Vanquish (both coupe and Volante) and Rapide S for 2015.

Many of these improvements are derived from an all-new Touchtronic III 8-speed automatic gearbox, which is desi…

One of the key questions asked by most patients diagnosed with cancer is, Why did this happen to me? In an increasing number of cases, scientists can provide answers, such the inheritance of a cancer-causing gene or exposure to a specific toxin. Just in the last year, researchers uncovered new information about the risks associated with another specific inherited abnormality—Partner and Localizer of BRCA2 (PALB2). Yet these kinds of specific causes are rare overall, and most cases of cancer appear to be sponta…