经济学人452:光学方法帮助寻找其他太阳系的生命
Science and technology. 科技。 The search for alien life 寻找外星生物 Twinkle, twinkle, little planet 闪烁吧，小行星 An undervalued optical trick may help to find life in other solar systems 一个不被人重视的光学方法可能能
经济学人453:航海家 Mau piailug
Obituary;Mau Piailug 讣告；Mau Piailug Pius Mau Piailug, master navigator, died on July 12th, aged 78 庇护Mau piailug ，航海家，于七月十二日逝世，终年78岁 In the spring of 1976 Mau Piailug offered to sail a boat from Hawaii to T
经济学人454:优秀文章:强生公司走出困境了吗?
Business. 商业。 Johnson amp; Johnson. 强生公司。 Out of the mire? 走出困境了吗？ The Justice Department may spoil the drugmaker's fresh start. 司法部可能会毁了这家药厂的新开始。 FOR the past few years Johnson amp; Joh
经济学人455:旧轮胎建成新式道路可减少噪音污染
Science and technology. 科技。 Quieter traffic. 更安静的交通。 When the rubber hits the road. 当橡胶遇上公路。 Turning old tyres into new roads can help cut noise pollution. 把旧轮胎建成新式道路可以减少噪音污染。
经济学人456:英国政治 幕后智者
Books and Arts; Book Review 文艺；书评 British politics;Backroom boy 英国政治; 幕后智者 In the Corridors of Power: An Autobiography. By David Lipsey. 《自传：在权力走廊》：作者David Lipsey。 Political memoirs generally do t
经济学人457:印度航空业 在低迷中飞行
Business. 商业。 Air India. 印度航空业。 Flying low. 在低迷中飞行。 India's flag carrier is in big trouble. 印度国家航空公司有大麻烦了。 WELL-TO-DO Indian graduates used to line up to join Air India. The national carrier
经济学人458:制造计算机存储器的新奇方法
Science and technology. 科技。 Nanotechnology. 纳米技术。 A fab result. 生物工厂。 A novel way of making computer memories, using bacteria. 制造计算机存储器的新奇方法：使用细菌。 FOR half a century, the essence of prog
经济学人459:20世纪的雄狮
Books and Arts; Book Review; 文艺；书评； Harry Belafonte's autobiography 亨瑞．贝拉方特式自传 Twentieth-century lion 20世纪雄狮 My Song: A Memoir of Art, Race and Defiance. By Harry Belafonte. 《吾之歌：艺术、种族、反抗
经济学人460:唱片业 环球公司的赌博游戏
Business. 商业。 The music business. 唱片业。 Universal's gamble. 环球公司的赌博游戏。 A musical merger could create anew model, or a dozy mammoth. 唱片行业的并购案可能会催生一种新的商业模式，亦或者是一个行
经济学人461:蟑螂是怎么消失不见的?
Science and technology. 科技。 Insect acrobatics. 昆虫的绝活。 Flipping roaches. 非常蟑螂。 How cockroaches vanish. 蟑螂是怎么消失不见的？ ANYONE who has tried to swat a cockroach will know those insects' strange ability, in
经济学人462:职场女性 从此不再羞答答的开
Business. 商业。 Women in management. 女性管理者。 A word from your sponsor. 后台一句话的事。 Time for women to stop being shrinking violets at work. 职场女性，从此不再羞答答的开。 I DON'T know any successful women who
经济学人463:天文学 要太空望远镜吗?
Science and technology. 科技。 Astronomy. 天文学。 Psst. Want a space telescope? 喂，要太空望远镜吗？ America's spies make a generous donation to NASA. 美国间谍机构对NASA慷慨捐赠。 AMERICA'S civilian space programme is bu
经济学人464:不是不讲理 Uncommonly unreasonable
Book Review; 书评； Eli Broad 埃利布罗德 Uncommonly unreasonable 不是不讲理 The Art of Being Unreasonable: Lessons in Unconventional Thinking. 不讲理的艺术：想法脱俗教会我们 Few businessmen have achieved as much as Eli Bro
经济学人465:数字广播有钱可赚吗?
Business. 商业。 Clear Channel and radio broadcasting. 清晰频道通信公司与无线电广播。 Come stream with me. 跟我去发展流式音频吧。 Is there money in digital radio? 数字广播有钱可赚吗？ FRANK SINATRA knew he was g
经济学人466:最好,最坏的城市
Books and Arts; London fiction 文艺；伦敦小说 The best of cities, the worst of cities 这是最好的城市，也是最坏的城市 The capital as inspiration for novelists 首都伦敦，小说家灵感之源 London is a great cesspool into w
