经济学人:基因编辑技术的应用、争议和未来(1)
Leaders 社论 Gene editing 基因编辑 The baby crisperer 婴儿保险盒 A Chinese scientist claims to have edited the genomes of two babies 中国科学家声称已成功编辑两名婴儿的基因 Humanity's power to control the four-letter code
经济学人:基因编辑技术的应用、争议和未来(2)
Nor did the procedure fulfil any unmet medical need. 此程序也未能满足任何未知医疗需求。 For the child whose genome was edited to confer resistance, the claimed benefit is protection from a virus that she may never encounter 对于为产
经济学人:鸡肉经济:鸡肉为何如此受欢迎(1)
International 《国际》版块 Chickenomics 鸡肉经济 Ruling the roost 称雄 How chicken became the rich worlds most popular meat 鸡肉如何成为发达国家最受欢迎的肉类 In a shed on a poultry farm just outside Colchester, in south-
经济学人:鸡肉经济:鸡肉为何如此受欢迎(2)
The intense use of antibiotics means that farmers no longer need to spend much time worrying about their chickens' welfare. 大量使用抗生素,这意味着农民不再需要花太多时间担心鸡的健康。 Before the second world war, most b
经济学人:鸡肉经济:鸡肉为何如此受欢迎(3)
Similarly, the European Union banned the import of chlorinated American chicken in 1997, owing to concern that a chlorine wash allows lower hygiene standards in farms. 同样,欧盟在1997年禁止进口氯化美国鸡肉,因为担心用氯清洗会
经济学人:鸡肉经济:鸡肉为何如此受欢迎(4)
Concerns about the health of livestock have also led the EU to pass some of the worlds strictest animal-welfare laws. 欧盟担忧牲畜健康,这促使其通过了世界上最严格的动物福利法。 Battery cages for egg-laying hens were banned
经济学人:全球化放缓(1)
Leaders 社论 Slowbalisation 全球化速度减缓 A new pattern of world commerce is becoming cleareras are its costs 一种新的世界商业模式正变得越来越清晰其成本也是如此 When America took a protectionist turn two years ago,