经济学人151:重拾苗条
Science and technology 科学技术 Slim pickings 重拾苗条 Evidence that the problem of obesity starts in the womb 有证据证明肥胖始于子宫 IN THE late 1980s David Barker, a British doctor, suggested that what a woman eats when she is pr
经济学人152:攻破屏障
Science and technology 科学技术 Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease 克雅氏病 Breaking down the barrier 攻破屏障 A glimmer of hope for a drug that treats disease caused by prions 药物治疗朊病毒感染疾病的一线希望 THE epidemic of mad-c
经济学人153:口吃科学
Science 科学技术 The science of stuttering 口吃科学 Speech therapy 演讲疗法 Unravelling the mystery of faltering speech 解秘演讲时的口吃 Cures worthy of a king 国王应该治疗 DOWN the ages stuttering has been blamed on many th
经济学人154:智力测试
Science and technology 科学技术 Intelligence testing 智力测试 Who are you calling bird-brained? 叫谁是笨蛋呢？ An attempt is being made to devise a universal intelligence test 人类正尝试设计一种通用的智力测验 WHAT is th
经济学人156:滴定进食
Science and technology 科学技术 Animal behaviour 动物行为 Drip-feeding 滴定进食 Ecology raids the techniques of chemistry 生态学里应用上了化学技术。 Time to change restaurant 该换家馆子了。 BIOLOGISTS are sometimes acc
经济学人157:高耸的美丽
Technology Catalog 技术前沿 Towering Beauty 高耸的美丽 A new way of transmitting electricity may soon be coming to a field near you 输电新法可能很快推出 A PYLON is supposed to be a beautiful thing. In ancient Egypt, pairs of taperi
经济学人158:落入BEAR怀抱
Technology catalog 科学技术 Caught in a BEAR hug 落入BEAR怀抱 Robotics: A newly designed robot can recover casualties from battlefields, 机器人技术：一种新型机器人能够从战场上救回伤员， and might also be able to make i
经济学人160:等待的游戏
Science and technology 科学技术 Premarital sex 婚前性行为 The waiting game 等待的游戏 Chastity before marriage may have its uses after all 婚前守贞可能的确有作用 WHEN is it the right time to do the deed? 什么时候做爱做的
经济学人161:身与心
Healthy living 健康生活 Mind and body 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. 科学有很多用处，但是它通
经济学人162:地震学与海啸
Science and technology 科学技术 Seismology and tsunamis 地震学与海啸 Making waves 掀起新浪潮 A better tsunami-prediction system is now under development 更精准的海啸预测系统现已在开发中 Next time, they might see it comi
经济学人163:越敲越结实
Science and Technology 科学与技术 Materials science 材料科学 Stronger when stricken 越敲越结实 A new material that gets stiffer when it is stressed 一种受外力时硬度提高的新材料 ONE of the valuable properties of bone is tha
经济学人164:春天第一只雀鹰
Science and technology 科学技术 Mimicry 模仿 The first sparrowhawk of spring 春天第一只雀鹰 To obtain better access to warbler nests, cuckoos mimic raptors 为了更好地抢占莺的巢穴，杜鹃通常会模仿成猛禽的样子 THE r
经济学人165:齿状物所记
Science and technology 科学技术 Palaeontology 古生物学 Remember the tooth 齿状物所记 A link is made in an ancient ecosystem 古生态系统的一环 WHO ate whom in the food chains of the past is rarely clear. 过去的食物链中谁吃谁
经济学人166:清道夫平菇
Science and technology 科学技术 Bioremediation 生物降解 Bottom feeders 清道夫平菇 A novel way of dealing with an unpleasant problem 解决烦人难题的新颖方法 For your delight and delectation 愿你欢愉 DESPITE their name, dispo
