经济学人361:老主题 新故事
When Captain Flint Was Still A Good Man. By Nick Dybek. 《那时，弗林特船长仍是个好人》尼克迪贝克著 VAST, turbulent and mysterious, the sea is a gift to storytellers. It is a perilous passageway to new lands and a bountiful source
经济学人362:在刚果行医的女医生Lyn Lusi
DARKNESS was a word Lyn Lusi was used to. Western journalists instinctively reached for it when they came to her hospital in Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Joseph Conrad's heart of darkness. 黑暗，林恩.露丝（Lyn Lusi）早已习惯
经济学人363:危险群体(1)
THEY hang out in pockets, says Richard Pan, a Sacramento paediatrician and member of Californias legislature. He is referring to parents who, invoking a philosophical exemption, opt not to give their children the state-recommended vaccinations. In so
经济学人364:危险群体(2)
Other parents fret about thimerosal, a preservative that contains trace amounts of mercury. Not only were these amounts minute and safe, but thimerasol has now been eliminated from all vaccines, with the exception of multi-dose flu shots. Often these
经济学人365:关于意识如何作用的新想法
The unconscious mind 潜意识 Hidden depths 藏匿在深处 Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behaviour. By Leonard Mlodinow. 《潜意识：你的潜意识如何支配你的行为》；伦纳德 蒙洛迪诺著； ASK someone to name
经济学人366:天籁已逝
Obituary 讣告 Whitney Houston 惠特妮?休斯顿 Whitney Elizabeth Houston, pop singer, died on February 11th, aged 48. 流行歌手惠特妮?伊丽莎白?休斯顿于2月11日逝去，享年48岁。 THE year was 1985, the scene Whitney Houston's
经济学人367:温暖的火花
New poetry 新诗集 Sparks of warmth 温暖的火花 Love's Bonfire. By Tom Paulin. 《爱之篝火》汤姆 坡林著 TOM PAULIN, an Anglo-Irish poet and Oxford academic, is no stranger to the evocative power of words. He was born in Leeds in 1949
经济学人368:电子书之父迈克·哈特
Michael Hart 迈克哈特 Michael Hart, father of e-books and founder of Project Gutenberg, died on September 6th, aged 64. 迈克哈特，电子书之父，古登堡计划创始人，于9月6日逝世，享年64岁。 AMONG the episodes in his life
经济学人369:希望永不泯灭
The Arab uprising 阿拉伯世界的起义 Hope springs eternal 希望永不泯灭 The Arab Uprising: The Unfinished Revolutions of the New Middle East.By Marc Lynch. 阿拉伯世界的起义：未完结的新中东革命。马克?里奇著。 THE Ar
经济学人370:中国首位环保人士梁从诫
Liang Congjie, modern Chinas first environmentalist, died on October 28th, aged 78 现代中国首位环保人士梁从诫于10月28日辞世，享年78岁 UNTIL the air began to clog and burn, the rivers turned to sludge and desert sand began to sif
经济学人371:赛伦·曼纳 足球场上的圣人
Sailendra Nath Manna, a saint among footballers, died on February 27th, aged 87 足球场上的圣徒，赛伦德拉纳斯曼纳，2月27日逝世，终年87岁 THE game of football regularly produces playboys, celebrities, racists, billionaires, fas
经济学人372:新兴市场,取舍之间
Emerging markets: To have or have not 新兴市场：取舍之间 Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles. By Ruchir Sharma 《经济突破型国家：追逐未来经济奇迹》，拉尔奇.沙尔曼著 EMERGING markets is a usefu
经济学人373:诺贝尔桂冠诗人维斯瓦娃
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
经济学人374:小行星采矿 淘铂去
Mining asteroids 小行星采矿 Going platinum 小行星采矿淘铂去 Mining metals from asteroids seems a bonkers idea. But could it work? 小行星采矿这想法听似疯狂，但行得通吗？ CAN reality trump art? That was the question hove
经济学人375:利比亚统治者穆阿迈尔·卡扎菲
Muammar Qaddafi 穆阿迈尔卡扎菲 Muammar Qaddafi, ruler of Libya, died on October 20th, aged 69 利比亚统治者穆阿迈尔卡扎菲于10月20日去世，享年69岁 AS THE rebel insurgency flowed and ebbed across Libya this year, it passed t
