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2021年经济学人 性选择和物种形成(1)
Sexual selection and speciation 性选择和物种形成 Choice and determinism 选择和决定论 Just four genes separate two species of South American bird 南美两种鸟类之间只有四种基因的区别 Natural selection, as propounded in Cha
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2021年经济学人 性选择和物种形成(2)
Genetic sequencing shows just how similar these species are. Only 12 of their genes differless than 0.1% of their genomes. Intriguingly, one of the 12 is part of one of the sex chromosomes, hinting at a role for sexual selection. Another three of the
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2021年经济学人 一周要闻 欧盟或禁止疫苗出口至接种率高的国家
The world this week 一周要闻 Politics 政治版块 Myanmars army continued to shoot at demonstrators and rampage through neighbourhoods where there have been protests against the military coup. Among the victims was a seven-year-old girl, one of
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2021年经济学人 资本退位,打工人的黄金时代正在到来(1)
Leaders 社论 Riding high 春风得意 In the rich world the era of sharp-edged capitalism is giving way to a golden age for labour 在发达国家，尖锐的资本主义时代正在退位让贤于劳动大军的黄金时代 In the popular imaginat
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2021年经济学人 资本退位,打工人的黄金时代正在到来(2)
As the labour market recovers, two deeper shifts are unfolding, in politics and in technology. Start with the political environment, which is becoming friendlier to workers than it has been for decades. An early sign of change was the surge in minimu
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2021年经济学人 微软--我为"收购狂"(1)
Business 商业板块 Microsoft 微软 Method in the madness 收购狂的章法 Why the worlds biggest software firm looks increasingly acquisitive 为什么世界上最大的软件公司看起来愈发贪得无厌 Take our cash, or at least our shar
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2021年经济学人 微软--我为"收购狂"(2)
By its relatively timid standard, though, Microsoft has indeed become more acquisitive in recent years. Having provided textbook examples of what not to do, most notably after buying Nokia, a phonemaker, and Skype, an internet phone service, it has l
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2021年经济学人 从科幻走向现实的"空中航母"呼之欲出(1)
Aerial warfare 空战 Blue-sky thinking 蓝天畅想 Planes can be launched from land and sea. Why not from the air as well? 飞机能从陆地和海上起飞。为什么不能从空中起飞呢？ Aircraft-carriers are juicy targets. They are also i
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2021年经济学人 从科幻走向现实的"空中航母"呼之欲出(2)
Gremlins' principal jobs would be intercepting communications, jamming signals and hunting for things to be destroyed, thus softening up the defences in contested airspace to make it safer for crewed aircraft. Such drones could also be armed with sma
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2021年经济学人 穆里德·巴尔古提-四处流浪的游子(4)
In 1996, after the Oslo peace accords (a compromise he detested) he returned at last to Ramallah. He tried to coax joy out of himself, as hens were coaxed with barley, but it was hard. Was he returning as a guest, a citizen, or a refugee? In the city
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2021年经济学人 纳瓦勒·萨达维-埃及女权先锋(1)
Obituary: Nawal El-Saadawi 讣告：纳瓦勒萨达维 The uses of anger 愤怒之弩 Nawal El-Saadawi, campaigner for womens rights, died on March 21st, aged 89 纳瓦勒萨达维，女权运动领袖，于3月21日去世，享年89岁。 One day, a
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2021年经济学人 纳瓦勒·萨达维-埃及女权先锋(2)
A savage, dangerous woman, many said. So, truth was savage, too. That was why the words poured out, in 55 books that encompassed short stories, novels, poetry, lectures and plays. She spoke for all Egypts women as they struggled in silent subordinati
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2021年经济学人 纳瓦勒·萨达维-埃及女权先锋(3)
In 2008 a law was passed in Egypt to ban female genital mutilation. It was a solid achievement for her, but she was hardly satisfied. The ban was cosmetic; the country simply wanted to cover up the disgrace she had exposed. Second, it was ineffective
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2021年经济学人 纳瓦勒·萨达维-埃及女权先锋(4)
She beat this drum for decades. In TV debates she would try to fill every minute, desperate to deliver her whole manifesto. She dreamed of a pan-Arab womens movement of peasants, professionals and factory workers, mobilising to force change. 她为争取
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2021年经济学人 一周要闻 东京奥运会禁止海外观众入场
Denis Sassou Nguesso won re-election as president of Congo-Brazzaville, which he has ruled for 36 years. Various countries, including France and America, have taken steps to confiscate his familys assets, alleging they were bought with embezzled fund
