Historians often regard the latter part of the 19th century as a time of great flowering in the evolution of medicine. New insights in to how germs affect the human body, as well as advancements in microscopy, led scientists to discover the root caus

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语美文

Books and Arts; Book Review;Human decision-making; Not so smart now; 文艺;书评;人类的决策;聪明不在; Thinking Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman. 《思考,快与慢》丹尼尔卡尼曼著。 Towards the end of Thinking, Fast an

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(93) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人文艺系列

Suppose a magic genie appeared on your desk right now and offered to grant you three wishes. What would you ask for? With smarty-pants answers like I wish for an infinite number of future wishes ruled out, the thousands of research subjects who have

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

Stop for a moment and ask yourself if there was ever a time (or times) youve arrogantly said or thought: Im too smart for this. If youre someone who always believed that youre Mr. Smarty Pants, you may want to take a step back and contemplate. That k

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(93) / 评论(0) 分类 英语美文

Those with degrees are almost twice as likely to drink daily, and they are also more likely to admit to having a drinking problem. 高学历的女性比起平常人有近两成几率每天饮酒,同时他们也更倾向于承认自己有酗酒的问题

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

吃的少能让人更聪明? Eating less could help you remember more, researchers have found. 有研究者发现,吃得少能提高记忆力。 Skipping dessert and having an after-dinner coffee instead could also be good for your brain, as well

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

Science and technology 科学技术 Human intelligence 人类智力 Cleverer still 还是更聪明 Geniuses are getting brighter. 天才越来越聪明。 And at genius levels of IQ, girls are not as far behind boys as they used to be 而在智商达到

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(112) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人科技系列

Girls start to see themselves as less innately talented than boys do when they are only six years old, a group of US researchers has said. 美国一组研究人员于日前表示,女孩子在年仅六岁时就会开始认为自己天生就不如男孩

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

While beer goggles often end in bad decisions, researchers have found that just enough alcohol can boost creativity. 酒醉后的啤酒眼们(beer goggles)常常会做出错误决定。然而,研究者们也发现一定量的酒精可以激发创

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

聪明?刻薄?刁钻? 一个供认不讳的真理:聪明与刻薄很多时候仅一步之遥,人一聪明,嘴里的机智便也容易流为刻薄。老美口语中一常见词汇smart aleck,正是这么一个介于褒贬之间、形容自

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

Amazing news for lazy people; sleep makes you smarter. Not studying, reading or revising, just sleeping, although the other three wont hurt either. A joint study conducted by Harvard Medical School and the University of Pennsylvania found that shut-e

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

One of the most counterintuitive traits that can hurt entrepreneurs is smarts. Yes, the more successful you are and the more talents you have, the harder it is to run a business. 创业者的一些品质可能会成为其成功路上的绊脚石,其中

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

There's no simple answer to what constitutes 'smart'. These days, we're inclined to think you can't go by intelligence quotient (IQ) results alone, because while these tests are great for measuring separate mental faculties, an IQ number doesn't seem

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

If a man wants to live a long life he should marry an intelligent woman, according to scientists. 科学家称,男人要想长寿,就得娶个聪明的老婆。 Dementia experts said that having an intelligent partner can act as buffer to the dis

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Is shirking just a smarter way of working? 假装是聪明的工作方式? Fudgelling, I learned the other day, is an 18th-century word meaning pretending to work when youre not really working, which goes to show its an age-old phenomenon. (Theres

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Next time you raise an eyebrow at the views of your partner, friend, sibling or colleague, remember they could be helping to make you smarter. 下一次当你被伴侣、朋友、兄弟姊妹或同事的观点惊到时,请记住他们可能会帮你变

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(91) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Certain personality traits are often attributed to oldest, middle and youngest children. But a new study found that birth order itself had no effect on character, though it may slightly affect intelligence. 人们往往认为,某些性格特征是专

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Although a full IQ test takes an hour or more and costs hundreds of pounds, performance on this one simple test is highly predictive of your overall intelligence. 虽然一个完整的智商测试需要一个小时或者更长,并且花费上千元,

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Do men like intelligent women? 男人喜欢聪明的女人吗? 获得1.9k好评的答案@Ethan Hein I can't imagine being attracted to someone who isn't intelligent. My wife is one of the smartest people I've ever met and it's a major part of the p

发表于:2019-02-20 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Are you clever enough? 你够聪明吗? Being intelligent is high maintenance. 聪明需要高强度的维护。 Among other factors it is also something that is acquired and involves hard work. An intelligent person is able to talk about just abou

发表于:2019-03-06 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力广播—Listening