经济学人106:口吃科学 演讲疗法
Science and Technology The science of stuttering Speech therapy 科技 口吃科学 演讲疗法 Unravelling the mystery of faltering speech 解秘演讲时的口吃 DOWN the ages stuttering has been blamed on many things. 多年来，口吃可以归咎
经济学人107:克雅氏病 攻破屏障
Science and Technology Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Breaking down the barrier 科技 克雅氏病 攻破屏障 A glimmer of hope for a drug that treats disease caused by prions 药物治疗朊病毒感染疾病的一线希望 THE epidemic of mad-cow dis
经济学人108:读起来费劲记起来就容易
Science and Technology Education Learning difficulties 科技 教育 学习的难处 Making something hard to read means it is more likely to be remembered 读起来费劲记起来就容易 A PARADOX of education is that presenting information in a w
经济学人109:集体的"智商"部分取决于成员的无知
Science and Technology Collective behaviour 科技 集体行为 A group's intelligence depends in part on its members' ignorance 集体的智商部分取决于成员的无知 HUMAN beings like to think of themselves as the animal kingdom's smartest a
经济学人110:地球上所有碳的秘密的项目
Technology Going underground 科技 去地球深处 A project to reveal more about all the carbon on Earth 一个将会揭示更多关于地球上所有碳的秘密的项目 THE carbon cycle is the stuff of school books. 碳的循环在学校教科书中
经济学人111:集体行为 跟领导走
Technology Collective behavior Follow my leader 科技 集体行为 跟领导走 A group's intelligence depends in part on its members'ignorance 群体智慧部分依赖于群体成员的愚昧 HUMAN beings like to think of themselves asthe animal ki
经济学人112:进化并不总是意味着改变
Science and Technology Palaeontology Splay-footed, not flat-footed 科技 古生物学 八字足，而非平足 A new fossil shows that evolution does not always mean change 一个新的化石表明：进化并不总是意味着改变 WHEN a coelacan
经济学人113:可移植的血管现可随意培育
Science and Technology A not-so-hard graft 科技 一个不那么难的移植 Transplantable blood vessels can now be grown as desired 可移植的血管现可随意培育 Medical technology 医学技术 ANOTHER advance in the emerging technology of
经济学人114:古生物学 不是扁平足而是八字足
Science and Technology Palaeontology Splay-footed, not flat-footed 科技 古生物学 不是扁平足而是八字足 A new fossil shows that evolution does not always mean change 新发现的化石显示，进化并不总意味着变化 WHEN a coela
经济学人115:水的净化 有废铁吗?
Science and Technology Water purification Any old iron? 科技 水的净化 有废铁吗？ A little-known chemical may provide a new way to clean water 一种鲜为人知的化学物质可能为清洁水源带来一线希望 IRON in water is normall
经济学人116:孤独会对你的健康不利的原因
Science and Technology Healthy living Mind and body 科技 健康生活 身与心 The reason loneliness could be bad for your health 孤独会对你的健康不利的原因 SCIENCE has many uses, but it doesn't often produce handy pick-up lines. Rece
经济学人117:温室气体监测 而非热空气
Science and Technology Greenhouse-gas monitoring Not hot air 科技 温室气体监测 而非热空气 A new, private initiative should help show which gases come from where 一项新的私人倡议或许能够表明各种气体从何而来 IN 1955 a
经济学人118:阿司匹林让人吃惊的另一面
Science and Technology Prevention of cancer Wonder drug 科技 预防癌症 特效药 Aspirin continues to amaze 阿司匹林让人吃惊的另一面 FOR thousands of years aspirin has been humanity's wonder drug. 几千年来，阿司匹林就一直是
经济学人119:与艾滋病之战 艾滋病的缓慢退却
Science and Technology The fight against AIDS HIV's slow retreat 科技 与艾滋病之战 艾滋病的缓慢退却 One of the world's worst plagues is giving ground 抗击艾滋病：显现曙光 THE timing of the pope's much-discussed change of pos
经济学人120:癌症与肥胖 恶性松弛
Science and Technology Cancer and obesity Malignant flab 科技 癌症与肥胖 恶性松弛 At last, an understanding of how overeating causes cancer 吃得过多如何导致癌症 OVERWEIGHT women are more likely to develop breast cancer than lean
