经济学人242:司法的学问 该吃午餐了
Science and technology 科学技术 The science of justice 司法的学问 I think it's time we broke for lunch 该吃午餐了 Court rulings depend partly on when the judge last had a snack 法庭判决结果一定程度上取决于法官上一次吃点
经济学人243:全球健康 太多的懒汉
Science and technology 科学技术 Global health 全球健康 One potato, two potato, three potato 一个懒汉,两个懒汉,三个懒汉 An effort to count the world's sloths 来数一数世界上的懒汉 A PAPER in the Lancet, shamelessly tim
经济学人244:太阳物理学 落山的太阳
Science and technology 科学技术 Solar physics 太阳物理学 Sun down 落山的太阳 Several lines of evidence suggest that the sun is about to go quiet 证据的一些方式表明太阳即将变平静 spots of bother? 太阳黑子的困扰?
经济学人245:诚实是需要时间的
Science and technology 科学技术 The psychology of morality 道德心理学 Time to be honest 诚实是需要时间的 A simple experiment suggests a way to encourage truthfulness 一个简单的实验却为我们提供了一种鼓励诚实的途径
经济学人246:审美和金钱 弦动我心
Science and technology 科学技术 Aesthetics and money 审美和金钱 Fiddling with the mind 弦动我心 Old, expensive violins are not always better than new, cheap ones 古老,昂贵的小提琴不并总是胜过崭新,廉价的小提琴 TH
经济学人247:睡眠与月相 精神失常?
Science and technology 科学技术 Sleep and the phases of the Moon 睡眠与月相 Lunacy? 精神失常? People do not sleep easy on nights when there is a full Moon 月圆之夜,不能安眠 IT SOUNDS like an idea dreamed up over a few beers i
经济学人248:植物机器人 落地生根
Science and technology 科学技术 Robot plants Putting down roots 植物机器人 落地生根 A robotic model of what plants get up to under the surface 模仿植物根部工作的机器人模型 PEOPLE often forget, when looking at a garden, mead
经济学人249:大灭绝 陨石很小不过危害却很致命
Science and technology 科学技术 Mass extinctions 大灭绝 Small but deadly 陨石很小不过危害却很致命 The biggest extinction in history was probably caused by a space rock that changed the climate 历史上规模最大的一次物种灭绝
经济学人250:Facebook对你没好处
Facebook is bad for you Facebook对你没好处 Get a life! 回到现实中过日子吧! Using the social network seems to make people more miserable 使用Facebook这种社交网站看起来让人们更加痛苦 Aug 17th 2013 |From the print editi
经济学人251:海洋生态 欢迎来到塑料星球
Science and technology 科学技术 Marine ecology 海洋生态 Welcome to the plastisphere 欢迎来到塑料星球 What is pollution to some is opportunity to others 对一些人意味着污染对另一些人却意味着是机会 SINCE 2008 geologi
经济学人252:北极气候变化 仓惶撤退
Science and technology 科技报道 Climate change in the Arctic 北极气候变化 Beating a retreat 仓惶撤退 Arctic sea ice is melting far faster than climate models predict. Why? 北极海冰正在以比气候模型所预测的快得多的速度
经济学人253:美国研发战略 医学受阻
Science and technology 科学技术 R D in America 美国研发战略 Bad medicine 医学受阻 Cutting American health research will harm the world 美国削减医药研究经费,影响波及整个地球 BARACK OBAMA, in his state-of-the-union spe
经济学人254:低成本雷达 值得一看的节目
Science and technology 科学技术 Low-cost radar 低成本雷达 A programme worth watching 值得一看的节目 How air-traffic control can use television signals to plot aircraft 空中交通管制局如何利用电视信号找出飞行器位置?
经济学人255:桌面上的天体物理学 怎样构建多元宇宙
Science and technology 科学技术 Table-top astrophysics 桌面上的天体物理学 How to build a multiverse 怎样构建多元宇宙 Small models of cosmic phenomena are shedding light on the real thing 微小模型逐步揭开宇宙中各种现象
经济学人256:挺过中风 继续活着
Science and technology 科学技术 Surviving strokes 挺过中风 Living on 继续活着 Why some cells survive strokes while others don't 为什么有些细胞能幸免于中风,而另一些则不能 WHEN dealing with a strokea loss of blood supp