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Business. How to spend it. The tech giant should give cash back to shareholders. NOT long after Steve Jobs died last year, wags eulogised the Apple co-founder with a joke: "Ten years ago we had St...

商业 钱多了该怎么花 巨额现金流应该部分返还股东 苹果公司创始人史蒂夫·乔布斯去年病逝后不久，就有这样一个赞颂他的笑话流行起来："10年前，我们有史蒂夫·乔布斯, 鲍勃·霍普和约翰尼·卡什，现在呢，手头没有工作(乔布斯姓J...

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Prime numbers. Commercial property has bounced back, but only in the best locations. IN SOME corners of the commercial-property market a slight whiff of self-congratulation is in the air. Doom-lad...

顶级商业房产，如质数般稀少 商业地产已经复苏，但是只在黄金地带 在商业地产市场的某些角落里，空气中漂浮着一丝自得的气息。商业地产将会是“下一只掉落的鞋子”——这条2008年和2009年初发出的警告并没有最终成为现实。那些希望靠出...

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Science and Technology. Combating addiction. Can a vaccine stop drug abuse? It may be possible to vaccinate people against addictive drugs. THE idea of vaccinating drug addicts against their affli...

科技 打击毒瘾 疫苗能阻止药物滥用吗? 人们也许能通过疫苗来阻止成瘾药物的使用 对药物滥用者进行免疫来对抗他们受到的折磨是一个吸引人的课题。原理上，这应该不会太难。免疫系统可以部分参与产生那些针对某些有害分子的抗体。...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...