Britain Young people 英国的年轻人 The continent generation 节制的一代 Why young Britons have turned responsible 为什么英国年轻人变得有责任感了 I hope I die before I get oldso sang Roger Daltrey of The Who in 1965. A new conc

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German politics 德国政治 When all parties lead to Angela 当所有政党都倾向安吉拉的时候 Confusion reigns in Germanys party politics. That may not affect who wins next years election 德国政坛仍疑云重重,但丝毫不影响明年

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The world this week-Business The Volkswagen scandal rumbled on. 本周经济要闻 去年德国大众排放丑闻还在继续发酵。 Prosecutors in Germany expanded the number of employees at the car maker who are under investigation to 17. 目前该

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Science and technolgy 科学技术 Geoengineering 地理工程学 Implicit promises 包含着承诺 A geoengineering experiment has come unstuck. But there will be more 地理工程试验取得突破。可期待更多。 FOR the past few years, a Eur

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Connecticut will be the 17th state to abolish the death penalty and the fifth to do so in the past five years. Nor is it likely to be the last: other states are reconsidering capital punishment. Repeal bills have been proposed in a number of states,

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Finance and economics 商业报道 Tax breaks 税收优惠 Bribing the taxpayer 讨好纳税人 Wasteful tax perks are sadly common 遗憾的是,税收优惠经常被浪费 2_副本.jpgANY talk of tax reform in America quickly turns to tax expendit

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IT TOOK a month or so, but the killing of Trayvon Martin, a teenager who was shot in Florida in late February, has developed into a predictable political circus. Barack Obama has opined on it, as have the Republicans hoping to wrest the presidency fr

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Finance and economics 财经商业 Free exchange 自由互换 The once and future currency 货币的今天明天 A new book examines the world's love-hate relationship with the dollar 新书出炉:世界与美元之间的爱恨情仇 LUMPY, unpredi

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Wislawa Szymborska 维斯瓦娃希姆博尔斯卡 Wislawa Szymborska, poet, died on February 1st, aged 88 维斯瓦娃希姆博尔斯卡,诗人,2月1日去世,享年88岁 WHEN Wislawa Szymborska won the world's top literary prize in 1996, her f

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Regardless of their source, any methane molecules in Mars's atmosphere would, on the basis of experiments on Earth, be expected to hang around for centuries. 不论它从何而来,根据地球的实验,火星大气中的任何甲烷分子将有望徘

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Artificial intelligence and psychology 人工智能和心理学 The computer will see you now 现在电脑能给你看病了 A virtual shrink may sometimes be better than the real thing 有时候,虚拟缩小版反而比实际事物更好 ELLIE is

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Reproductive technology 生殖技术 Mum, Dad and Mitomum 妈妈,爸爸与代孕妈妈 Britain may allow babies with three biological parents 英有望允许新生儿有三个亲身父母 ASSISTED reproduction is one of those rare areas in which Br

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Science and technology 科学技术 The science of civil war 内战科技 What makes heroic strife 英勇斗争缘何而致 Computer models that can predict the outbreak and spread of civil conflict are being developed 可以预测内战的爆发和蔓

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Few things exercise green sensibilities more these days than marine plastic litter. 如今没有什么能像海洋塑料垃圾那样更能唤醒人们的环保意识。 The detritus looks unsightly when it washes up on beaches, and cruel when it chok

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Science and technology 科学技术 Ageing 衰老 Forever young? 青春永驻? A way to counteract part of the process of growing old 一个减缓衰老进程的途径 BIOLOGISTS have made a lot of progress in understanding ageing. 在对人类衰老

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Science and technology 科学技术 Misconduct in science 学术不端 An array of errors 一系列的错误 Investigations into a case of alleged scientific misconduct have revealed numerous holes in the oversight of science and scientific publishin

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Science and technology 科学技术 Obesity 肥胖 A wide spread problem 一个普遍的问题 The difficulty of losing weight is captured in a new model 新模式解读减肥难题 THE answer to obesity is obvious: eat less and exercise more. 减肥的

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Curbing climate change The deepest cuts 控制气候变化 一切为了减排 Our guide to the actions that have done the most to slow global warming 我们的行为指南已经最大限度减缓了全球变暖 ON SEPTEMBER 23rd 120-odd presidents an

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Special report: (A special report on Singapore) The rich are always with us Inequality. But we don't like them that much. 特别报道:(一份新加坡的特别报道)虽然富人总与我们同在,但是我们并不喜欢他们 Measured by i

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Business: Cigarette companies: Plucky strike 商业:烟草公司:勇敢的罢工 A merger is the latest sign of Big Tobaccos resilience. 一场象征大烟草复苏的兼并。 British American Tobacco (BAT) announced on January 17th a final deal

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