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Science and Technology. Human evolution. You look familiar. Another piece of humanity’s family tree is fitted into place. THE opening scene of Mel Brooks’s film “History of the World: Part One” dis...

科技 人类进化史似曾相识南方古猿sediba的发现填补了人类家族谱系的关键空白梅尔·布鲁克斯执导的电影“世界史：序幕”开场仅用一句话就概括了人类起源：“类人猿直立起来，变成了人类。 ” 要是古生物学家也能如此轻而易举地阐释人类进化的奥秘就好...

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Science and Technology. Prehistoric reptiles. A loving mother. Family life in plesiosaurs. THE Mesozoic land was dominated by dinosaurs. At sea, though, the most abundant reptiles were the icht...

科技史前爬行动物慈母蛇颈龙的家族生活中生代时期，恐龙统治着陆地。 但是在海里，最繁盛的爬行动物要属鱼龙和蛇颈龙了。 大致上讲，这些动物填补了由现代齿鲸目动物海豚和虎鲸所占据的生态龛位。 鱼龙看上去的确有点象海豚，但拥有长颈和菱形鳍状前肢的蛇...

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Books and Arts; Damien Hirst retrospective; Is nothing sacred? The Tate Modern stamp of approval; Damien Hirst may be rich and famous, but he does not have everything. The 46-year-old artist has nev...

文艺;书评;达米安·赫斯特回顾展;无所尊重吗?泰特现代美术馆的准入章;达米安·赫斯特或许富有而闻名，但他并非拥有了一切。 这位46岁的艺术家从来没在一家现代艺术博物馆举办过个人回顾展。 如果他打算将自己的恶名变成不朽，那就需要公共机构的支持...

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Science and Technology. Air travel. Please be seated. A faster way of boarding planes could save time and money. THE job of the professional astrophysicist is to contemplate the music of the spher...

科技飞机旅行请就坐一种更快速的登机方法可以节约时间和金钱天体物理学家的工作是凝视太空，欣赏太空中的天体音乐(天文学家一直相信有天体音乐之说)。 然而，全球化的现代科学使得今天的天体物理学家也经常花费同样的时间去消除机场方面的不和谐音符。 现...

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Business. Bakers and chaebol in South Korea. Let them eat cake. A half-baked effort to curb the conglomerates. SOME parents give their children cakes. A few give them cake shops. The hot topic ...

商业韩国的糕点店与财阀让小店也分一杯羹控制财阀的笨办法有些父母会给孩子买蛋糕吃，而有一些则会给他们开蛋糕店。 如今，韩国人热议的话题是财阀家族纷纷给他们的女儿和孙女们开糕点店和其他小型饮食店。 这些财阀都是掌控韩国经济命脉的企业集团，所以这...

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Science and Technology. Linguistics. Say what? To find new subjects of study, some linguists simply open their front doors. WHERE in the world is the largest number of different languages spoken? M...

科技 语言学你说什么?要寻找新的研究主题，一些语言学家只须打开前门世界上哪一个地区使用的语言种类最多?大部分语言学家可能都会坚决地认为是新几内亚，在这个岛上，有830种已被认可的语言散布在丛林广布的偏远山谷中。 但在地球的另一端，有一个地方...

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Science and Technology. Human evolution. You look familiar. Another piece of humanity's family tree is fitted into place. THE opening scene of Mel Brooks's film "History of the World: Part One" di...

科技人类进化史似曾相识南方古猿sediba的发现填补了人类家族谱系的关键空白梅尔·布鲁克斯执导的电影"世界史：序幕"开场仅用一句话就概括了人类起源："类人猿直立起来，变成了人类。 "要是古生物学家也能如此轻而易举地阐释人类进化的奥秘就好了。...

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Business; Face value; Bank to square one; Ken Moelis believes that small is beautiful when it comes to investment banking; The first investment bank where Ken Moelis worked—Drexel, Burnham, Lambert—...

商业;商业精英;回到原点的银行;肯·莫里斯认为对于投行来说“做小”是件好事;肯·莫里斯工作过的第一家银行Drexel, Burnham, Lambert壮烈地倒下了。 另外几家老雇主Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette也...