经济学人:非洲商业 让非洲发展起来(上)

Leaders Business in Africa Making Africa work 社论精粹 非洲商业 让非洲发展起来 The continent's future depends on people, not commodities 非洲的前途依赖人，而非大宗商品 IS ANYONE here actually hoping to make any money, or

经济学人:非洲商业 让非洲发展起来(下)

Small wonder Africa grew poorer between 1980 and 2000. 难怪在1980至2000年期间，非洲变得更穷了。 Now inflation has largely been tamed, most central banks are islands of excellence and many ministers boast of cutting red tape. 现在，通

经济学人:汇丰银行 东方伊甸园

HSBC: London v Hong Kong 汇丰银行：伦敦VS香港 East is Eden 东方伊甸园 Banking's longest, and most successful, identity crisis 银行业历时最久，最为著名的身份认知危机 HSBCone of the two most pivotal banks in the global

经济学人:中国的打车软件 不只是客运

Car-hailing apps in China 中国的打车软件 More than mobility 不只是客运 The ambitions of Didi Kuaidi, Uber's Chinese rival, go far beyond taxi-hailing 作为Uber的竞争对手，滴滴快的不再只限于召唤出租车。 FOREIGN intern

经济学人:肯萨斯和密苏苏里 新边境之战

Kansas and Missouri 肯萨斯和密苏苏里 The new border war 新边境之战 Missouri calls for an economic truce with Kansas 密苏苏里提出与肯萨斯达成经济休战协定 I hear the tax breaks are good in Kansas 听说肯萨斯州有好的

经济学人:美国新闻业 数字复兴

Journalism in America 美国新闻业 Digital resurrection 数字复兴 Some moderately good news in the news industry 新闻业的好消息 IN FEBRUARY Vice, a media firm that caters to youngsters who like their news with a dollop of sass and hip-ho

经济学人: 技术移民逃离美国 奔向加拿大 (2)

Justin Trudeau, the prime minister, often underlines that in multicultural Canada, diversity is welcomed. 总理贾斯廷特鲁多经常强调多元文化的加拿大欢迎多元化。 Publicly funded health care sometimes gets a mention. All of this

经济学人: 技术移民逃离美国 奔向加拿大 (1)

What would induce a software developer to quit a good job in Silicon Valley and trade California's sunshine for Toronto's wintry skies? 什么可以吸引一名软件开发者放弃硅谷的好工作，用加利福尼亚的阳光换得多伦多的冷冬

经济学人: 日本软银移动业务上市 (3)

The risk the debt mountain poses is the concern most often cited by investors, says Mr Lane. 莱恩表示投资人经常用债务堆积如山的风险引述他们的担忧。 Some of this debt will go to the separately listed mobile unit and may be n

经济学人: 日本软银移动业务上市 (2)

Even so, the Japanese public, bombarded by TV advertisements for the listing, has flocked to buy shares. 即便如此，由于电视上铺天盖地的上市宣传，日本民众纷纷购买该公司股票。 SoftBank benefits both from domestic inves

经济学人: 日本软银移动业务上市 (1)

Mention softbank and most Japanese people, understandably, think of telecomsit is Japan's third-largest wireless carrier. 说起软银，大部分日本人会想到电信行业软银是日本第三大无线营运商。 The company hopes to weaken tha

经济学人271:儿童智力发展 睡前故事

Science and technology 科学技术 Children's intellectual development 儿童智力发展 Bedtime stories 睡前故事 Regular sleeping hours really are good for childrenif they are girls 有规律的睡眠时间对儿童真的有好处如果她们是

经济学人270:法医动物学 保护大象刻不容缓

Science and technology 科学技术 Forensic zoology 法医动物学 The elephant in the room 房间里的大象保护大象，刻不容缓！ Dating ivory has just become easier. Poachers beware 确定象牙年代已变得更容易了，偷猎者们要

经济学人269:药物研究 毒类药品

Science and technology 科学技术 Drug research 药物研究 Toxic medicine 毒类药品 Snake venom is being used to cure, rather than kill 蛇毒用于治病，不是杀伤 THERE are no poisons, only poisonous doses.Thus did Paracelsus, the great

经济学人268:干细胞的应用 特效医学

Science and technology 科学技术 The uses of stem cells 干细胞的应用 Potent medicine 特效医学 Stem cells may transform the development of new drugs 干细胞可能改写新药发展 PLURIPOTENT is a long word that means able to do many t

经济学人267:测量 质量效应

Science and technology 科学技术 Measurement 测量 Mass effect 质量效应 A better way to clean the world's one true kilogram 清洁世界上真正一千克的更好方法 IN SEVRES, on the outskirts of Paris, sealed beneath a triplet of bell j

经济学人266:传递热量 良好的传导

1.heat flow 热流，热流动 As soon as I start reiki I usually feel a heat flow from the palm of my hands. 当我开始灵疗的时候，我总能感到一股热量在我的手掌处流动。 Practical application for heat flow measurements in oce

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