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His heroes were the alpinists of the early 20th century, George Mallory, Tom Longstaff, Freddie Chapman and the rest, who had climbed the world's greatest peaks in tweed jackets and leather boots. Lik...

他心目中的英雄大都是20世纪初期的登山家，有乔治·马洛里、汤姆·隆斯塔夫、弗雷迪·查普曼等人，他们都是仅靠一身花呢上装和一双皮靴就征服了众多世界高峰的人。和他们一样，罗杰·佩恩也是以小队形式登山，而且常常是他与妻子（朱利安·克里玛，也是一名...

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Cyclones and climate change. The new normal? Physics suggests that storms will get worse as the planet warms. But it is too early to tell if it is actually happening. Was typhoon Haiyan the s...

飓风与气候变化 习以为常？ 物理学研究表明全球变暖将导致更猛烈的风暴，但一切尚未可知 台风海燕是有记录以来的最强登陆风暴吗？气象学家们恐怕永远都不会知道。可靠记录只能回溯几十年。不过可以肯定，这是史上最强风暴之一。除了统计...

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“A PARADISE for spies” is how a former agent of the Soviet KGB described Japan in the 1980s. Little has changed, though now the politicians and bureaucrats more often pass information to journalists t...

“间谍的天堂”，在80年代，潜伏日本的前苏联克格勃特工如此称呼这个国度。到如今，“天堂”依然是“天堂”，只不过相比外国特工，政客与官员现在更多是把消息透露给记者。但这个秋天，安倍晋三[前]首相决意推动一部新的强有力的保密法案，希望以此止住泄...

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In fact, by being on hand to pick up assets cheaply from distressed sellers, an unleveraged asset manager arguably stabilises markets rather than disrupting them. But for regulators that want not m...

事实上，通过低价收购亏损方出售的资产，毫无疑问一家独大的投资管理公司能够为市场带来稳定，而非混乱。要不是监管机构不仅希望避免上次金融危机重演，还想确认未来体系风险的来源，贝莱德还会引发另一微妙的问题，不是资产的所有权，而是买入或卖出的决策方...

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The rise of BlackRock. In 25 years, BlackRock has become the world's biggest investor. Is its dominance a problem? ASK conspiracy theorists who they think really runs the world, and they will pr...

贝莱德的崛起 贝莱德二十五年间成为世界上最大资产管理公司，一家独大会出问题吗？ 问问阴谋论者到底是谁主宰着世界，他们很可能会将矛头指向跨国银行，比如花旗银行、美国银行、摩根大通，石油巨头埃克森美孚、壳牌可能也会躺枪。或许，还会有...

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The World Bank is a technocratic development organisation, not a place for political advocacy. Setting up gay rights as a test of its lending decisions is likely to make the bank less effective at wha...

世行是一个技术主导的发展组织而不是用作政治倡议的。设置同性恋权利作为其贷款政策的检测关卡可能会使得世行在消除极端贫困问题的效率上大打折扣，金先生曾经强调这是世行的核心任务。 世行的技术解决论在该组织的特色中扮演了一个重要的角色。它的创...

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Tracing family trees is a popular British pastime. Television programmes show celebrities rummaging through old census documents. Websites help amateur sleuths track down distant relatives. A new proj...

追踪家谱是大不列颠一项流行的消遣方式。电视节目总是播放着名人们为寻亲而不断查找老旧的人口普查资料的信息。网站帮助业余侦探寻找人们的远房亲戚。一个在8月26号新建的项目则带来了一股扭曲的热潮。 “同族的英国人”是由尼古拉斯·詹金斯创办的...

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A space company based on the Isle of Man, a British dependency in the Irish Sea, became the second company-after Space Adventures, an American space-tourism firm-to offer tickets for a commercial moon...

一家位于爱尔兰海的英国属地马恩岛的太空公司成为继美国太空旅游公司 Space Adventures 之后第二家提供商业登月门票的公司。 两家公司都对每个座位收取 1.5 亿美元的费用，这个价格包括数月的地面培训。两个公司都不提供降落地面的服...