EVER since their discovery in the 1970s, deep-sea vents—chimney-like structures on the ocean floor that belch hot water and dissolved minerals into the surrounding ocean—have been one of the hottest topics in marine biology. The vents s... 详情>>
2018-12-25
Japans unhelpful politics Rebuilding Japan—or ruining it A precarious future for the country, but its politicians are self-absorbed IMMEDIATELY after the earthquake and tsunami on March 11th that crippled reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ich... 详情>>
2018-12-25
Innovation in online advertising Mad Men are watching you How real-time bidding will affect media companies YOU are browsing for lampshades on a department stores website. You grow bored, and surf across to the website of your favourite dai... 详情>>
2018-12-25
The most surprising demographic crisis A new census raises questions about the future of Chinas one-child policy DOES China have enough people? The question might seem absurd. The country has long been famous both for having the worlds larg... 详情>>
2018-12-25
History of Writing Writing was first invented by the Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia before 3,000 BC. It was also independently invented in Meso-America before 600 BC and probably independently invented in China before 1,300 BC. It may hav... 详情>>
2018-12-25
The Arctic seems to be getting warmer. So what? A. Climate change in the Arctic is a reality now! So insists Robert Corell, an oceanographer with the American Meteorological Society. Wild-eyed proclamations are all too common when it comes... 详情>>
2018-12-24
In 1904 the French minister of education, facing limited resources for schooling, sought a way to separate the unable from the merely lazy. Alfred Binet got the job of devising selection principles and his brilliant solution put a stamp on... 详情>>
2018-12-24
Most people who move to a foreign country or culture may experience a period of time when they feel very homesick and have a lot of stress and difficulty functioning in the new culture. This feeling is often called culture shock and it is i... 详情>>
2018-12-24
A Americans today choose among more options in more parts of life than has ever been possible before. To an extent, the opportunity to choose enhances our lives. It is only logical to think that if some choice is good, more is better; peopl... 详情>>
2018-12-24
IS Andy Warhols market as vigorous as his auction results would have us believe? The artist always plays a prominent role in the twice-yearly contemporary sales in New York, but this season his work saw a phenomenal turnover of $181m, almos... 详情>>
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