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Books and Arts;Book Review;New fiction;Trouble in pairs 文艺;书评;新书出炉;祸不单行 Beautiful Lies. By Clare Clark. 《美丽谎言》,克莱尔克拉克著买。 CLARE CLARK found her new heroine when she unearthed an article i
George Daniels 手握乾坤:制表大师乔治丹尼尔斯 George Daniels, master watchmaker, died on October 21st, aged 85 近250年来最伟大的制表师乔治丹尼尔斯(George Daniels)于10月21日去世,享年85岁。 A SCHOOLBOY once
Obituary;Lech Kaczynski 逝者;莱赫卡钦斯基 Lech Kaczynski, president of Poland, died in an air crash on April 10th, aged 60 波兰总统莱赫卡钦斯基4月10日坠机身亡,享年60岁 Charming in private, awkward in public, scrupulously
Leaders 社论 Gene editing 基因编辑 The baby crisperer 婴儿保险盒 A Chinese scientist claims to have edited the genomes of two babies 中国科学家声称已成功编辑两名婴儿的基因 Humanity's power to control the four-letter code
International 《国际》版块 Chickenomics 鸡肉经济 Ruling the roost 称雄 How chicken became the rich worlds most popular meat 鸡肉如何成为发达国家最受欢迎的肉类 In a shed on a poultry farm just outside Colchester, in south-
Nor did the procedure fulfil any unmet medical need. 此程序也未能满足任何未知医疗需求。 For the child whose genome was edited to confer resistance, the claimed benefit is protection from a virus that she may never encounter 对于为产
Efforts to curb access to the means to kill oneself can help, too. 限制自杀途径也能有所帮助。 Suicide is surprisingly impulsive. 自杀通常都是意料之外的冲动所致。 A study of young Chinese women who had tried to kill themse
Why are these people now less likely to take their own lives? Urbanisation and greater freedom have helped. 为何这三类人自杀几率变低?城市化和更多自由起到了帮助作用。 Accounts of those who attempt suicide, and of the rela
Leaders 社论 Suicide 自杀 Staying alive 活着 Why suicide is falling around the world, and how to bring the numbers down further still 为何世界各地自杀率都有下降?如何进一步降低自杀率? You know, says a trader in Margin
The intense use of antibiotics means that farmers no longer need to spend much time worrying about their chickens' welfare. 大量使用抗生素,这意味着农民不再需要花太多时间担心鸡的健康。 Before the second world war, most b
Similarly, the European Union banned the import of chlorinated American chicken in 1997, owing to concern that a chlorine wash allows lower hygiene standards in farms. 同样,欧盟在1997年禁止进口氯化美国鸡肉,因为担心用氯清洗会
Concerns about the health of livestock have also led the EU to pass some of the worlds strictest animal-welfare laws. 欧盟担忧牲畜健康,这促使其通过了世界上最严格的动物福利法。 Battery cages for egg-laying hens were banned
Leaders 社论 Climate change 气候变化 The temperature rises 温度上升 A new report produces a mixture of alarm and apathy 新报告敲响警钟,对此有人惊慌,有人冷漠 For decades scientists have warned that rising atmospheric con
As years passed market forces joined Communist propaganda chiefs as a second boss. 随着时间的推移,市场力量以二把手的身份加入了宣传。 Early shows were dominated by male characters and mostly watched by men. 早期的电视剧以
Many Chinese might mock attempts to extract political lessons from Yanxi Palace or other recent Qing dramas drawing huge audiences, such as Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace. 很多中国人可能会嘲笑意图从《延禧攻略》或是最近大热的清
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Obituary;Brian Haw 讣告;布莱恩霍 Brian Haw, peace campaigner, died on June 18th, aged 62 布莱恩霍和平活动家,于六月十八日逝世,享年六十二岁 When Brian Haw sat in his old canvas chair in front of his banner-hung tent i
Shammi Kapoor 山米卡帕尔 Shamsher Raj Kapoor, Bollywood superstar, died on August 14th, aged 79 山米什尔罗杰卡帕尔,宝莱坞巨星,于8月14日逝世,享年79岁 THE stately descent of an eyelid; the five-minute burning glance; te
BECAUSE of the September 2001 attacks, the New York Police Department has become a sophisticated counter-terrorism agency. In the decade since then the NYPD has increased the number of detectives on a joint task-force it has long operated with the FB
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