The world this week -- Business 本周国际要闻商业 The yields on short-term American bonds rose significantly, an indicator that markets are expecting hefty interest-rate rises from the Federal Reserve. 美国短期债券收益率大幅上升,表...
The world this week -- Politics 本周国际要闻政治 Germany triggered the first phase of an emergency plan to deal with a potential cut-off of gas supplies from Russia, after Vladimir Putin insisted that purchases from hostile countries be paid...
Culture 文化 Home Entertainment 家庭娱乐 Montaigne's Essays -- Body and soul 蒙田的《随笔》肉体与灵魂 A French philosopher offers a lesson in seeing other points of view 一位法国哲学家为我们上了一课,让我们看到不同...
And though some states promised to release people early to reduce numbers, in reality the entire reduction has come from admitting fewer people in the first place, says John Pfaff, of Fordham University in New York. 纽约福特汉姆大学的约翰普...
United States 美国版块 Life locked up 封锁的生活 Rotten porridge 腐烂的粥 America's prisons were in a poor state before COVID-19. Now they are worse. 疫情之前,美国的监狱状况就很差,现在情况更糟了。 The inmates at...
Asia 亚洲版块 Homosexuality in Singapore 新加坡的同性恋 Crime and no punishment 罪无应得 An anti-gay law is allowed to stayso long as it is not enforced 一项反同性恋法律只要不被执行就可以继续存在 IN A REGION where...
Business 商业 Pricing power(2) -- Food fight 定价权(2)食品战 Producers of packaged-foods are making your lunch more expensive 包装食品生产商正在让你的午餐变得更贵 The market for packaged foods is a competitive one, where...
Finance economics 财经板块 House Prices: Coming of age 房价:到年龄了 Millennials are stoking the property boom at last 千禧一代终于掀起了房地产热潮 Home ownership had long been a distant dream for many millennials. 对许多千...
Albert Einsteins breakthrough moments often came via thought experiments in which he let his imagination drift. 阿尔伯特爱因斯坦的突破性时刻往往来自于他的思想实验,实验中他任自己的想象力漫游。 What would it be...
Business 商业 Bartleby -- Loafing can be work 巴托比专栏游手好闲也可以是在工作 Daydreaming, promenading and zoning out all pay rich dividends 做白日梦、散步和开小差都能带来丰厚的回报 The familiar exerts a powerfu...