经济学人226:文坛巨匠查尔斯·狄更斯的一生
Two welcome new biographies of Charles Dickens whose birth 200 years ago will be celebrated next February 两本查尔斯狄更斯新传记，喜迎明年二月狄更斯诞辰200周年。 Becoming Dickens: The Invention of a Novelist. By Robert Dougl
经济学人227:业余天文学家加入"猎星人"行列
A new world in your bedroom 卧室里的新天地 Amateur astronomers join the ranks of the planet hunters 业余天文学家加入猎星人行列 IN AN age of professionals, the ability of amateur scientists to make meaningful contributions has almo
经济学人228:魔术大师"乔布斯"
The magician 魔术大师 The revolution that Steve Jobs led is only just beginning 乔布斯领导的革命只是刚刚开始 WHEN it came to putting on a show, nobody else in the computer industry, or any other industry for that matter, could match
经济学人229:老人与海 The old man and the sea
The old man and the sea 老人与海 He loved to rock the boat 他喜欢乘风破浪 Hemingways Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934-1961. By Paul Hendrickson. Knopf. 《海明威的船：他生命中所热爱的一切，失去的一切，
经济学人230:各国逐渐放弃死刑
Dying out 渐失其势 Little by little, countries are ditching the death penalty 各国逐渐放弃死刑 On September 19th Abdul Hamid al-Fakki, a Sudanese, was executed in Saudi Arabia for the crime of sorcery. On September 21st Troy Davis, a blac
经济学人231:清洁水源 Clean water
Clean water 清洁水源 Silver threads of life 生命的银丝带 A water filter that kills bacteria, rather than just removing them 新滤水器能够消灭细菌，而不单单是排除细菌 MORE than a billion people lack clean waterand in most
经济学人232:基因决定幸福 Happiness is in your DNA
Transporter of delight 传递快乐的使者 Happiness is in your DNA; and different races may have different propensities for it 基因决定幸福；而不同种族的幸福倾向不尽相同 Born smiling? 天生会笑？ THE idea that the human pe
经济学人233:赞成分家的理由 The case for smaller portions
The case for smaller portions 赞成分家的理由 Should Pepsi break up? 百事应该拆分吗？ IFIRMLY believe that Pepsicos value is maximised as one company, said IndraNooyi, the boss of PepsiCo, during the announcement of the companysthird-qu
经济学人234:另辟蹊径 Another brick in the wall
Another brick in the wall 另辟蹊径 The rapid rise of newspaper paywalls 付费阅读的大幅增长 ON OCTOBER 10th the Baltimore Sun will join a fast-growing club. The newspaper will start tracking the number of times people read its stories onl
经济学人235:反对动物实验的和平抗议活动正在高涨
A beastly business 一个残忍的行业 Peaceful protests against animal testing are on the rise 反对动物实验的和平抗议活动正在高涨 A FOG of confusion shrouds British attitudes to animals. For a nation of pet-lovers, Britain has sur
经济学人236:金属,自己愈合吧 Metal,heal thyself
Metal, heal thyself 金属，自己愈合吧 Materials science: Researchers have devised an ingenious way for the damaged surfaces of metals to repair themselves when they come to harm 材料科学：研究人员构想出了一种新颖独特的方法，
经济学人237:美国医疗公司整合之潮
Bigger and better 整合之潮亦其壮大之势 Americas big hospital groups will continue to gobble up competitors 美国大型医疗集团将继续吞并小号医疗公司 HOSTILE takeovers are never polite. One fight in America, however, has beco
经济学人238:新疫苗让人类离消灭疟疾更近了一步
Not swatted yet 消灭疟疾任重道远 A new vaccine is one step towards a distant goal 一种新疫苗让人类离消灭疟疾更近了一步 MAN has vanquished only one disease, smallpox. In 2007 Bill Gates set out to eradicate another, malaria.
经济学人239:鲍比一举夺魁 Bobby Laps the Field
The Louisiana governors race 路易斯安那州州长竞选 Bobby laps the field 鲍比一举夺魁 Hints of a grander future in a comfortable victory 获胜轻而易举，美好未来初露端倪 THREE days before Louisianans headed to the polls on
经济学人240:更小,却更美丽 Smaller Is More Beautiful
Smaller is more beautiful 更小，却更美丽 Many other cities are battling problems almost as acute as Detroits 很多其他城市正在积极应对和底特律一样急迫的问题 THE five kinds of heirloom tomatoes on Joanna Lehrmans and Roxan
