内容摘要：Winters were brutal throughout most of New England in Colonial America. It snowed a lot, often into spring, and there were no radiators (or antibiotics). Many settlers didn’t survive the season, but because the ground was frozen solid, the colonists couldn’t bury their dead in real time. Funerals had to wait until the spring thaw.

Winters were brutal throughout most of New England in Colonial America. It snowed a lot, often into spring, and there were no radiators (or antibiotics). Many settlers didn’t survive the season, but because the ground was frozen solid, the colonists couldn’t bury their dead in real time. Funerals had to wait until the spring thaw.

Sophie Daniel poses for a photo next to an endangered plant known as the “corpse flower” for its putrid stink, at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)After seven years at the garden, Putricia’s flower was spotted in December when she was just 25 centimeters (10 inches) high. By Thursday, she was 1.6 meters (5 feet 3 inches) tall.

During the day, her flower spike slowly opened like a pleated skirt around a majestic central tuber, the yellow-green outer curling to reveal a burgundy center.An endangered plant known as the “corpse flower” for its putrid stink, is about to bloom at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)An endangered plant known as the “corpse flower” for its putrid stink, is about to bloom at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

As excitement grew in Sydney about the unfolding bloom, garden staff erected crowd barriers giving the Victorian greenhouse the air of a rock concert. Fans trod a red carpet to view Putricia from behind velvet ropes in a display inspired by Queen Victoria’s funeral, the Rocky Horror Picture Show and the oeuvre ofInside, fans took selfies and leaned in for a sniff — a more perilous prospect as Putricia’s odor developed. People inhaled the “slaughterhouse” stench and canceled their dinner plans, said Sydney Morning Herald science reporter Angus Dalton.

“I am sickened,” he added. “I am in awe.”

One young woman raised her hands and bowed as though in worship. On social media, garden staff performed a viral dance in front of the plant to Chappell Roan’s summer hit HOT TO GO!in separate but nearly identical notices citing “recent changes in global trade rules and tariffs.”

Customers began seeing higher prices for many items in late April — particuarly leading up to the, a duty-free exemption on low-value imports from China that shopping sites have taken advantage of for years. This week’s deal between the U.S. and China

— but these products still face duties, with low-value parcels from China that come through the U.S. Postal Service now tariffed at 54% (down from 120%).Even prior to this reprieve, Temu appeared to halt shipments from China and tap into exisiting U.S. inventory. The retailer, owned by the Chinese e-commerce company PDD Holdings, continues to advertise scores of items from “local” warehouses that carry “no import charges” for U.S. shoppers. Meanwhile, Singapore-based Shein currently has a checkout banner that reads, “Tariffs are included in the price you pay. You’ll never have to pay extra at delivery.”