经济学人272:安全行驶 时刻看路
Science and technology 科学技术 Safe driving 安全行驶 Keep your mind on the road 时刻看路 Hands-free texting is more distracting to drivers than using a mobile phone 语音发短信比手机通話更容易让驾驶人分心 CARS, to parap
经济学人273:六十年代的未来技术 远去的雷鸟号
Science and technology 科学技术 The future technology of the past 六十年代的未来技术 Thunderbirds are gone 远去的雷鸟号 A British defence firm opens its archives to reveal flights of fancy that never flew 英国防务公司公开档案
经济学人274:模拟海啸 岛国的危险
Science and technology 科学技术 Modelling tsunamis 模拟海啸 The dangers of insularity 岛国的危险 Islands may amplify the biggest waves, not break them 岛屿可能会增强海啸，而不会减弱海啸 SURFERS shun beaches shielded by i
经济学人275:电梯和摩天大楼 另一个高耸入云的俱乐部
Science and technology 科学技术 Lifts and skyscrapers 电梯和摩天大楼 The other mile-high club 另一个高耸入云的俱乐部 A new lightweight lift cable will let buildings soar ever upward 一种新型的轻型升降梯将会让建筑继
经济学人276:动物行为 猩球探秘
Science and technology 科学技术 Animal behaviour 动物行为 Planet of the apes 猩球探秘 Chimpanzees' personas seem more complex than people's 猩猩的行为特征，似乎比人类还要复杂 HUMAN personalities, it is widely agreed by ps
经济学人277:癌症治疗 查理检查站
Science and technology 科学技术 Cancer therapy 癌症治疗 Checkpoint Charlie 查理检查站 A new class of drugs is being deployed in the struggle against cancer 部署新药部队投入抗癌战斗 THE lexicon of oncology is filled with milit
经济学人278:微生物组学 病毒防护
Science and technology 科学技术 Microbiomics 微生物组学 A virus shield 病毒防护 Viruses help keep people disease-free 病毒能够帮助人类免遭疾病 THE story of the microbiomethe community of tiny organisms that coexist symbiotica
经济学人279:密码术 量子之慰
Science and technology 科学技术 Cryptography 密码术 The solace of quantum 量子之慰 Eavesdropping on secret communications is about to get harder 现在想窃听秘密联系会越来越难 CRYPTOGRAPHY is an arms race between Alice and Bob,
经济学人280:侵略性物种 棘手问题
Science and technology 科学技术 Invasive species 侵略性物种 Thorny questions 棘手问题 The ecological effects of buckthorn in North America 北美鼠李属植物的生态影响 CONSERVATIONISTS, being by definition conservative, usually v
经济学人281:照本宣科
Science and technology 科学技术 By the book 照本宣科 The American Psychiatric Association's latest diagnostic manual remains a flawed attempt to categorise mental illness 美国精神医学会最新诊断手册在精神疾病分类上仍有欠缺
经济学人282:心脏疾病与微生物
Science and technology 科学技术 Heart disease and the microbiome 心脏疾病与微生物 High steaks 牛排吃越多，心脏病风险越高 Hardening of the arteries may be caused by a malign interaction of meat-eating and intestinal bacteria 肉
经济学人283:流感病毒与合成生物学 向病毒行进
Science and technology 科学技术 Flu vaccines and synthetic biology 流感病毒与合成生物学 Going viral 向病毒行进 A speedy way to make a vaccine 快速制造疫苗的方法 IF A new and deadly strain of influenza were to arise, puttin
经济学人284:学术出版 自由竞争
Science and technology 科学技术 Academic publishing 学术出版 Free-for-all 自由竞争 Open-access scientific publishing is gaining ground 科学出版的开放存取已逐渐被人们所接受 AT THE beginning of April, Research Councils UK,
经济学人285:转基因树木 进军森林
Science and technology 科学技术 Genetically modified tree 转基因树木 Into the wildwood 进军森林 A GM species may soon be liberated deliberately 一种转基因树木不久或将大量种植，但很审慎 ONCE upon a time, according to f
经济学人286:昆虫学 有失蜂度
Science and technology 科学技术 Entomology 昆虫学 Bad beehaviour 有失蜂度 The strange case of the bandit bumblebees 熊蜂：不可思议的土匪 TO MOST people, bumblebees are charming, slightly absurd creatures that blunder through gard
