经济学人347:胚胎干细胞 进展中的干细胞研究
Science and technology 科学技术 Embryonic stem cells 胚胎干细胞 Looking up 进展中的干细胞研究 Stem-cell research is now bearing fruit 干细胞研究开始结出硕果 FOURTEEN years ago James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin
经济学人348:为啥斑马身上是条纹
Science and technology 科学技术 Why zebra are striped 为啥斑马身上是条纹 Horse sense 马识 Are zebra stripes just an elaborateinsect repellent? 斑马身上的斑纹只是精致的驱虫器吗？ Imagine what it looks like to a fly 想象
经济学人349:人类本质 什么是人类
Science and technology 科学技术 The nature of humanity 人类本质 What's a man? 什么是人类 Studies of brain genetics are starting to reveal what makes humans human 大脑遗传研究，为你解开人之所以为人的奥秘 THE problem wi
经济学人350:太阳能 花朵的能量
Science and technology 科学技术 Solar energy 太阳能 Flower power 花朵的能量 In matters of clever design, nature has often got there first 若论巧夺天工，自然常常更胜一筹 A virtuous spiral 上面的螺纹看似简单，实际有
经济学人351:蜂群崩坏症候群 蜂群崩坏
Science and technology 科学技术 Colony collapse disorder 蜂群崩坏症候群 Bee off 蜂群崩坏 A possible explanation of why beehives sometimes vanish 有可能解释清楚为什么蜂群有时会突然死亡 HONEYBEES are sensitive creature
经济学人352:锻炼与长寿
Science and technology 科学技术 Exercise and longevity 锻炼与长寿 Worth all the sweat 出点汗，值了！ Just why exercise is so good for people is, at last, being understood 为什么锻炼有利于身体健康呢，人们终于知道答案
经济学人353:无人驾驶汽车
Driverless cars 无人驾驶汽车 In the self-driving seat 坐在无人驾驶汽车的座位上 Google is miles ahead of its rivals in the race for autonomous motoring 谷歌在无人驾驶领域研发的竞争中已甩开对手几条街 Not quite a
经济学人354:生殖技术 代孕妈妈
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
经济学人355:机器人世界杯
RoboCup 机器人世界杯 Humans 1, Machines 7 人机对战1:7 When will robots do to football what computers did to chess? 当机器人踢足球能和电脑下象棋一样好的时候 MESSI v the Machine was how some commentators touted the World C
经济学人356:日本科学界 压力测试
Science in Japan 日本科学界 Stress test 压力测试 After a scandal, a renowned stem-cell scientist commits suicide 爆出丑闻后，一位大名鼎鼎的干细胞科学家自杀 Dr Sasai faces the music 聚光镜前的笹井博士 WHAT happen
经济学人357:人工智能和心理学
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
经济学人358:计量测定学 识别人们的行踪
Science and technology 科学技术 Biometrics 计量测定学 Clocking people's clocks 识别人们的行踪 Facial-recognition systems are getting better 面部识别系统愈发完善 WITH some pride, the FBI trumpeted the news last month that tha
经济学人:天体物理 尘归尘土归土
Astrophysics 天体物理 Dust to dust 尘归尘，土归土 A dramatic recent discovery in physics is looking rather dodgy 近期，物理学中的一项戏剧性发现看上出非常模糊 IN MARCH Chao-Lin Kuo, an astrophysicist at Stanford Univer
经济学人:粒腺体影响男性寿命 粒腺体阻断
Mitochondria and male lifespan 粒腺体影响男性寿命 Power down 粒腺体阻断 Women outlive men. An evolutionary curiosity may explain this 女性比男性寿命长久。欲知为何，请看进化学分解 Mankiller? 男性健康杀手？ WH
经济学人:显示屏 新的电子图案显示方法
Display screens 显示屏 Going through a phase 相转变 A new way to create electronic images 新的电子图案显示方法 Wave of the future? 未来之波 LIQUID-CRYSTAL displays are a familiar and ubiquitous technology. But if Harish Bhaskaran
