This gives Chinese scientists an incentive to observe international rulesbecause that is what will win its researchers access to the best conferences, laboratories and journals, and because unethical science diminishes Chinas soft power. Mr Hes gene-...
For years, western European countries have worried about their access to gas, almost two-fifths of which is supplied by Russian pipes. 多年来，西欧国家都对自己获取天然气的渠道表示担心，他们近五分之二的天然气都是由...
Such is the pressure on Chinese scientists to make breakthroughs that some put ends before means. Last year He Jiankui, an academic from Shenzhen, edited the genomes of embryos without proper regard for their post-partum welfareor that of any childre...
Mr Trump's trade agenda could hardly be more different. 特朗普的贸易议程可能完全不同。 His America First rhetoric, threats of tariffs on allies and of withdrawal from the WTO, 他的美国优先策略、对盟国施加关税和退出WT...
Red moon rising 红月升起 If China dominates science, should the world worry? 如果中国主导科学，世界应该担心吗？ A hundred years ago a wave of student protests broke over Chinas great cities. Desperate to reverse a century of decl...
In the post-war period American governments tended to side with the purists. 在战后时期，美国政府倾向支持纯粹主义者。 But according to Anne Krueger of Johns Hopkins University, writing in the Journal of Economic Perspectives, 但是...
Americas New Horizons spacecraft flew past Ultima Thule. Thule, which is part of the Kuiper belt of asteroids beyond the orbit of Neptune, is the most distant object visited by a machine. It proved to be 33km long and snowman-shaped. Meanwhile, close...
Buildings can become greener. They can use more recycled steel and can be prefabricated in o?-site factories, greatly reducing lorry journeys. But no other building material has environmental credentials as exciting and overlooked as wood. 建筑可以...
Seeing possibilities in potatoes is the upbeat slogan of Lamb Weston Potato Products, Inc., an American exporter. 在土豆中看见无限可能，这是美国出口商蓝威斯顿薯业公司的一条乐观的标语。 But new trade deals mean that...
There is a long tradition of employers taking an overly paternalistic attitude towards their staff. 雇主们对他们的员工采取过度的家长式作风是长期以来的一个传统。 Titus Salt, a Victorian philanthropist, built a model villa...
