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消息灵通：夏令时对你有害吗？

Well informed:Is Daylight Saving Time bad for you?

奢侈品：零售疗法

luxury goods:Retail therapy

语言：他说，他们说

Language:He said, they said

婚姻的代价：爱情买不来

The cost of marriage:Can't buy me love

展示艺术：杰作剧场

Displaying art:Masterpiece theatre

非洲的豪华房产：奢华生活

luxury property in Africa:Living lavishly

消息灵通：电动汽车有多脏？

Well informed:How dirty are electric vehicles?

消息灵通："男性更年期"真的存在吗？

Well informed:Is the“manopause”real?

塑料：垃圾话题

Plastic:Trash talk

人工智能与广告业：电脑对蟑螂

Artificial intelligence and advertising:Computers v cockroaches

后天养成的品味：葡萄酒变水

Acquired tastes:Wine into water

日本社会：姓氏与羞耻

Society in Japan:Names and shame

学术人才：人才流失

Academic talent:Brain drain

意大利商业：加大油门

Italian business:Step on the gas

声学：令人不安的聆听

Acoustics:Uneasy listening

二十年后

After Twenty Years

盘中世界：烧尽

World in a dish: burning out

葛底斯堡演说

The Gettysburg Address

消息灵通：电子烟有多大危害？

Well informed:How harmful are electronic cigarettes?

为什么秋天的树叶会变色

Why Leaves Change Color in Fall

人工智能：是朋友，不是敌人

artificial intelligence:Friend, not foe

快速气候变化的证据

The Evidence for Rapid Climate Change

消息灵通：你应该担心微塑料吗？

Well informed:Should you worry about microplastics?

人工智能教育与美国的未来

AI Education and America’s Future

人工智能：被扎克伯格收编

Artificial intelligence:Zucked in

重振美国的科学事业

Reinvigorating America’s Scientific Enterprise

月球基地公告演讲

Moon Base Announcement Speech

消息灵通：你的花粉症是不是越来越严重了？

Well informed:Is your hay fever getting worse?

消息灵通：你到底需要多少蛋白质？

Well informed:How much protein do you really need?

充分了解：多少咖啡算过量？

Well informed:How much coffee is too much?

印度的寻路：你身处……某处

Wayfinding in India:You are...somewhere

一级方程式：驾驶座上

Formula One:In the driving seat

充分了解：长寿药物有效吗？

Well informed:Do longevity drugs work?

宠物：这样的朋友

Pets:Friends like these

巴特比：公开演讲的秘诀

BARTLEBY:The secrets of public speaking

音乐：敬请期待

Music:Stay tuned

名人品牌：新的明星力量

Celebrity brands:The new star power

消息灵通：会说双语对大脑有好处吗？

Well informed:Is being bilingual good for your brain?

主题公园：过山车对手

Theme parks:rollercoaster rivals

人工智能：交朋友，而非生孩子

Artificial intelligence:Making friends, not babies

全球商业：中国的新品牌大使

Global business:China's new brand ambassadors

动物学：行窃的海蛞蝓

Zoology:slugs that mug

心理健康：是时候关注T了

Mental health:Time for T

树的趣事：生命之树

An arboreal affair:Trees of life

拼多多：兴衰

Pinduoduo:Rise and fall

便利店：Konbini组合

Convenience stores:Konbini combination

名人读书俱乐部：听他们的推荐

Celebrity book clubs: Take their word for it

盘中世界：流动的盛宴

World in a dish: A moveable feast

人工智能：不可战胜？

Artificial intelligence:Nvincible?

哥特屏幕的回潮：暗黑美学的胜利

Gothic Television: Back to Black

数字媒体：倍速时代的到来

Digital Media: The Need for 2x Speed

印度人为何仍困于“殖民心态”

Why Indians Suffer from a Colonial Mindset

新思维的诞生与科学的自我革命

Paradigm Shifts

咨询业：变革的临界点

Consulting: Ripe for Transformation

赞美“先买后付”的金融创新

Consumer Credit: In Praise of Buy Now, Pay Later

优雅拒绝的艺术：化解婚姻代际陷阱

The Art of the Elegant Refusal

“理智的生存”：当代中国青年为何选择“断亲”

Survival of the Sanest: Why "Duan Qin" Became the Ultimate Self-Preservation for China’s Youth

年味变淡：为什么我们比以往任何时候都更需要仪式感

The Fading "Flavor" of New Year

春节的灵魂：怪兽、神话与伟大的团圆

The Soul of the Spring Festival: Monsters, Myths, and the Great Reunion

年度“灵魂拷问”：为什么中国年轻人害怕回家过年

The Annual Interrogation: Why Young Chinese Dread Going Home

解码全球最大规模的人类迁徙

The Great Reunion — Decoding the World’s Largest Migration

大裂谷中的“碳革命”

Carbon Removal: The Great Carbon Valley

意大利商界催促改革“加速”

Italian business: Step on the gas

你该用升降桌吗？

Well Informed: Should You Use a Standing Desk?

你该补胶原蛋白吗？

Should You Take Collagen?

噩梦真的会损害健康吗？

Well Informed: Are Nightmares Bad for Your Health?

不再需要旅行大巴的旅游新时代

Tourism — No More Coaches

职场妈妈：难以兼得的平衡

Working Mothers: Hardly Having It All

化石燃料的新生

Energy production: Old fossils

从树上到试管：巧克力的未来之路

Confectionery: From Trees to Test Tubes

“完美图景”：经典真的永恒吗？

Picture Perfect: Is There Such a Thing as a Classic?

人工智能：无敌者？

Artificial Intelligence: Invincible?

电动车：加速前行

Electric Vehicles: Charging Ahead

健康与气候变暖：新生的危险

Health and Climate Change: A Newborn Danger

人工智能时代的“性别新鸿沟”

Technology Uptake: A New Gender Gap

太空中的植物育种革命

Plant Breeding in Orbit

鱼鳍仿生：人类海洋推进的新思路

Nature does not use propellers. So why do people?

从披头士看团队协作的艺术

Teamwork and the Beatles

保加利亚的“哈佛双子”上台记

Here come the Harvards

美国投资者：牛市为何越来越“奇怪”

America’s Investors – Situation Normal: All Bid Up

大流行病的后遗症：新常态

Legacy of a Pandemic: The New Normal

恩凯提亚上演帽子戏法，帕蒂诺为阿森纳的集中攻势锦上添花

Nketiah poaches hat-trick and Patino adds gloss to Arsenal’s power play

英国“白蚁之战”的世界首胜

“It’s a world first”: how Britain took on the termites and won

格鲁吉亚：铭记于心

Georgia: Keep it on your mind

乐高：玩转新创意

Lego: Toying with new ideas

学术写作的“空谈”危机

Scholarly Communications: Hot Air

圣诞电影的“雪球效应”

Christmas Films: The Snowball Effect

玩具中的文明密码

Anthropology: Clear and Present Danger

行善之道：智慧给予的艺术

Doing Good: How to Give

琳达·麦克曼的教育部长任命与政策争议

Education: Reading, Writing and Wrestling

人类学视角：儿童玩具与文明存亡的隐秘关联

Anthropology: Clear and Present Danger

《百年孤独》：从书架到荧屏

"One Hundred Years of Solitude": From the Shelf to the Couch

韩国惊魂夜：政变闹剧，全民抵制

South Korea: A coup attempt, roundly rejected

“极地普里特”：首位独自跨越南极的有色人种女性

‘Polar Preet’ becomes first woman of colour to cross Antarctica alone

娱乐：流媒体巨头押注儿童内容

Entertainment: No Child’s Play

乐高：玩转新创意，丹麦玩具巨头如何平衡潮流与环保？

Lego: Toying with new ideas

量化投资热潮下的数据公司掘金战

Financial-market data: Go figure

元宇宙之王

Lords of the Metaverse

从豆腐到植物肉的千年探索

No Spring Chicken

帕特农神庙大理石之争：一场跨越 200 年的文化博弈