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

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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

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Wangari Maathai 旺加里马塔伊 Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and political activist, died on September 25th, aged 71. 旺加里马塔伊,肯尼亚环保专家,活跃的政治家,于九月二十五日逝世,享年71岁。 In man

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Books and Artts; Book review;How the internet works; 文艺;书评;互联网如何运作; Mapping the tubes; 绘制网路全景; Contrary to expectations, the internet has a heart of cable and steel 和预期不一样,互联网有一颗由电缆和

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The Americas 美洲 Protecting Wild Lives: Stand your ground beef 保护野生动物:坚守立场 Cows that are good at self-defense are also good for jaguars. 能自卫的牛也能抵御美洲豹。 Ranchers in Colombia's Meta department can be ve

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United States 美国 Working and Race: Colouring in 工作与种族:上色 A trio of labour economists suggest that effort at work is correlated with race. 由三名劳动经济学家组成的团队声称工作效率与人种有关。 GIVEN the lon

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Leaders-Britain 社论 Britain's floods 洪水泛滥大不列颠 Canute Cameron 卡梅伦祸从口出 The prime minister's response to the floods has been patchy; but it is wrong to blame him for them 首相治洪引发质疑,归咎于他有失公允

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Business. 商业。 Consumer goods in India. 印度的日用消费品。 Seducing shoppers in Sticksville. 吸引小城市消费者。 India's small towns are the next frontier. 下一个前沿阵地:印度的小城市。 GROWTH in India is slowing

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Science and technology. 科技。 Medical implants. 医用植入设备。 A sweet idea. 一个甜美的想法。 Researchers are trying to harness glucose-the body's own fuel-to power implantable gadgets such as pacemakers. 研究人员正试图利用葡

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Obituary;Scrates; 讣告;苏格拉底; Scrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer and political agitator, died on December 4th, aged 57. 巴西足球员及政治鼓动者苏格拉底奥利维拉于12月4日辞世,

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Books and Arts;Book review;Black magic in London; 文艺;书评;伦敦巫术; Crimes of passion;The Boy in the River. By Richard Hoskins. 激情犯罪;《河里的男孩》,理查德霍斯金斯著。 In the late 1980s Richard Hoskins, youn

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American business in wartime 美国的战时经济 Democracy's arsenal 民主阵营的兵工厂 Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II. By Arthur Herman. 《铸就自由:美国工业如何赢得了二战》亚瑟赫尔

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Press freedom in Japan 日本新闻自由 Secrecy and lies 保密与谎言 A tough new law on secrecy has suddenly become controversial 一部事关保密的严苛新法突然间引起了争议 Oct 19th 2013 | TOKYO |From the print edition Full of le

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Science and technology. 科技。 Neutrino communications 中微子通信 ET, phone home 外星人,致电家中 The world's first neutrino-messaging service 世界上首次中微子通信服务 PARTICLE physics is all very well for addressing trivi

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Leaders 社论 America divided 美利坚分众国 Politicians are making Americans miserable. The mid-terms offer a chance to change 政客们让美国民众痛苦不堪,中期选举是一个改变的机会 As America prepares to go to the polls on

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What is to be done? 那应该怎么办呢? Just as American politics did not sour overnight, so the route forward is by many small steps, beginning with next week's elections. 正如美国政治不会在一夜之间恶化,前进的道路也需要很

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Mr Trump is also wilfully divisive. 特朗普还故意制造分裂。 All politicians attack their opponents, but presidents see it as their duty to unite the country after a tragedy. 政客们都攻击对手,但总统本应在悲剧之后将团结国

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Even if the grand coalition staggers on, Mrs Merkel should not hang around for long. 即使大联盟政府摇摇欲坠,默克尔也不应该浪费太多时间。 The CDU, when it gathers in December at the congress that will now choose a new party

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Leaders 社论 Germany 德国 Angela's exit 安格拉退出 The Merkel era has come to an end 默克尔时代已到尽头 She is still Germany's chancellor. But, after 13 sober and admirable years at the top, Angela Merkel's authority has melted away

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The report's message is also beyond doubt: the extra half a degree makes a big difference. 报告所传达的内容信息也不容置疑:这高出来的0.5C也会带来很大不同。 Arctic summers could be ice-free once a decade in a two-degree w

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