经济学人96:健康生活 身与心

Science and Technology Healthy living Mind and body 科技 健康生活 身与心 The reason loneliness could be bad for your health 孤独会对你的健康不利的原因 SCIENCE has many uses, but it doesn't often produce handy pick-up lines. 科学

经济学人17:想象的殿堂 House of dreams

Books and Arts; Quantum physics 文艺；量子物理学 House of dreams；Scientists race to explain why the Higgs boson matters 想象的殿堂；科学家竞相解释为什么希格斯玻色子至关重要 Higgs Force: The Symmetry-Breaking Force

经济学人40:远未结束 False summit

Finance and Economics；Spanish banks; False summit; 财经；西班牙银行；远未结束； Mark down loans, raise capital, repeat； 减少贷款，提高资金，重复此道； Like exhausted climbers nearing the summit only to find a higher p

宽脸男更强势？ 研究表明脸型决定性格

If youre a man who struggles to get his own way at home, it may be down to the shape of your face. 如果你是个在家总坚持自己个性的男人其原因可能是你的脸型使然。 Men with narrower skulls are less likely to be regarded as d

习主席：强烈谴责IS残忍杀害我国公民

新华社最新消息，外交部目前确认被伊斯兰国极端组织绑架的中国籍人质樊京辉已被残忍杀害。 正在菲律宾马尼拉出席亚太经合组织第二十三次领导人非正式会议的国家主席习近平就此事发表

Too-realistic animation can creep us out

BEIJING, April 9 (Xinhuanet) -- Computer animation（动画 ） has a problem: When it gets too realistic, it starts creeping people out. Most recently, moviegoers complained about the near-realistic depiction of humans in Disney's 3D flick Mars Need

Chinese state councilor meets Intel CEO

BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor Liu Yandong met here on Wednesday with Paul Otellini, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of U.S. computer chip giant Intel Corp. Liu praised Intel's development strategy of expanding inve

为什么人夜晚睡觉不会口渴

The body's internal clock helps to regulate a water-storing hormone so that nightly dehydration or trips to the toilet are not the norm, research suggests. In an article published in Nature Neuroscience today, neurophysiologists Eric Trudel and Charl

300,000 martyr tombs to be repaired in 2012

BEIJING, April 3 (Xinhua) -- China would relocate or renovate 300,000 scattered martyr tombs and 2,000 memorial facilities in 2012, according to a report from the China Central Television (CCTV) on Tuesday. The central government would subsidize 5,00

团购中的“羊群效应”

团购中的羊群效应 We might like to think we're not influenced by other people, but a new study into the group-buying mechanisms - like those used on coupon sites such as Groupon and LivingSocial - reveals that telling buyers who come later to

研究:酗酒会导致肌肉无力

WASHINGTON, April 21 (Xinhua) -- U.S. researchers said Monday that muscle weakness from long-term alcoholism may be due to an inability of mitochondria, the powerhouses of cells, to self- repair. In research conducted with rats, the researchers found

当局否认二胎政策五月实施

Song Shuli is a National Health and Family Planning Commission spokesperson: This speculation is without foundation. The family planning strategy should be maintained, as the size of the population puts pressure on resources, the environment, as well

Chinese firms willing to do more public good

BEIJING, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- China's state-owned enterprises have showed more willingness to serve the people, according to the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC). Business giants posted stories of how they have help

豪车市场遭遇反垄断调查

Industry insiders are suggesting the Chinese government's anti-monopoly investigations of some foreign luxury car brands sold in China are coming to an end. It's being reported that local authorities in Shanghai and Hubei have confirmed infractions b

补充脂肪酸对身体的好处

LONDON, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- For young people at high risk of developing schizophrenia, a 12-week intervention with omega-3 supplements might reduce the long-term risk of progression to the psychotic disorder, according to a paper published Tuesday in

滴滴宣布专车快车动态调价双重封顶

Didi Chuxing, the leading app-based taxi service platform in China, set two ceilings on price hikes for its app-based cabs, including Didi Express and Didi Premier, when they are in busy areas with high demand. 近日，国内领先的基于应用的出

被纸割伤为什么那么疼？真是十指连心？

Paper seems completely harmless, but deployed properly, it can be a serious weapon: paper cuts are just the worst. 纸看起来无害，但合理使用的话，它也能成为犀利的武器：最严重的状况就是被纸割伤。 Its all to do wit

Chinese premier calls for financial reform push

BEIJING, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday called for the government to push forward financial reforms. During a Monday inspection tour of the People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, Wen said efforts should be made to advan

托福语法讲解：限定词

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中国证监会主席肖钢发表讲话

Xiao Gang, head of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, started his keynote address by acknowledging regulation defects and showing determination to make changes. The abnormal fluctuation lately has shown how immature our stock market is: our