The world this week -- Politics 本周国际要闻政治 Mayhem gripped Kazakhstan. 混乱笼罩着哈萨克斯坦。 Big rallies against fuel-price rises morphed into violent protests against the autocratic regime. 反对燃油价格上涨的大规模...
Books and Arts -- Book Review 文学与艺术书评 Conflict and culture -- Booty haul 冲突与文化满载战利品 Plunder. By Cynthia Saltzman. 《战利品》，辛西娅萨尔茨曼著。 In September 1797 Napoleon Bonapartes troops stripped a...
Books and Arts -- Book Review 文学与艺术书评 Decision-making -- Noise pollution 决策噪声污染 Noise. By Daniel Kahneman. 《噪声》，作者：丹尼尔卡纳曼。 Noise is unwanted variation in judgments that should be identical, whic...
Business 商业 Bartleby -- The dangers of decision fatigue 巴托比专栏决策疲劳的风险 Why breaks are actually good for productivity 为什么休息实际有助于提高工作效率 Have a break is a slogan associated with the popular choco...
Finance and Economics 财经版块 Frequent-flyer schemes 常客计划 Lifting off 起飞 Loyalty programmes have been a lifeline for airlines 忠诚计划已经成为航空公司的命脉 WHEN EXECUTIVES at American Airlines unveiled the world's fir...
Finance and Economics 财经版块 Follow the money 跟着钱走 The only thing that proved transitory about inflation in America in 2021 was the consensus that it would subside. 唯一能证明2021年美国的通货膨胀是暂时的，是人们一致...
Dr Krasnow does, however, have high hopes of the medical side. 然而，克拉斯诺博士确实对医学界寄予厚望。 In particular, as they age, mouse lemurs in captivity sometimes develop the plaques and tangles of abnormal protein seen in hu...
Yet, like mice, mouse lemurs breed prolifically and quickly, with a gestation period of just two months and maturity achieved within six to eight months. 然而，和老鼠一样，鼠狐猴繁殖迅速，妊娠期只有两个月，成熟期为6到8个...
Science and Technology 科技版块 Animal Research 动物研究 New model army 新模型大军 Might lemurs be better than mice when it comes to medical research 在医学研究方面，狐猴可能比小白鼠更好 Tree 2B, ranomafana, is not an a...
Science and Technology 科技版块 Mobile phones 手机 Through a glass, brightly 透过玻璃看，很明亮 Toughening up phone screens with perovskites 用钙钛矿增韧手机屏幕 SINCE 2006, when Corning, an American glassmaker, developed Gor...
