1 Singleness Not the Same as Not Settled 1
快乐的单身生活 6
2 Kite Fantastic 10
风筝的神奇 16
3 The Big Chill 19
深寒 26
4 The Future in Their Handsets 29
未来掌握在他们的手机中 34
5 A Helping Hand May Be in Your Pocket 38
好心人 的手可能正伸进你的口袋 44
6 Happiness Is Desirable but Hard to Measure 48
幸福令人向往而又难以衡量 54
7 Schools Find New Route to Diversity 58
学校寻找实现多样化的新途径 64
8 Mounting Evidence Links TV Viewing to Violence 68
越来越多的证据显示电视暴力镜头与日常生活中的暴力行为有关 74
9 Poor Fitness Is Deadlier than Smoking, Hypertension And Heart Diseases 77
体质差导致死亡的危险比吸烟、高血压和心脏病大 83
10 King of Bond 86
债券王 92
11 Three Kinds of Heroes Emerge 96
美国人的三种英雄行为 102
12 The Real Scorpion King 106
蝎子王确有其人 112
13 Japanese Computer Is World s Fastest, as U.S. Falls Back 115
日本建成世界上最快的计算机,美国落于其后 121
14 Why It s All in the Mind 125
为何全是臆造 131
15 Bikers Beat D.C. Gridlock 134
骑车克服华盛顿交通的拥挤 141
16 “My Country Versus Me” 145
我的国家告了我 152
17 America Are Governed by White 155
美国白人一统天下 161
18 On Testing for Common Sense 164
关于常识性的考试 171
19 When H. I. V. Made Its Jump to People 175
艾滋病病毒是何时感染人类的 182
20 The Passers-by Who Are Stealing Your Secrets 185
盗取你机密的过路人 191
21 Engineers Ask Nature for Design Advice 194
工程师向大自然寻求设计想法 201
22 Generation XXL 205
特大号的一代 211
23 Tracking Damage in the Depths 215
追踪深海受到的破坏 221
24 The Next World War Will Be over Water 225
下一场世界大战将是对水的争夺 231
25 Nobody s Children 234
谁来管孩子 240
26 A New York Version of Star Wars 243
纽约版“星球大战” 249
27 Cutting Edge of Secrecy 252
销毁机密 259
28 Forget It 262
忘了它 268
29 How the Studios Used Children to Test-market Violent Films 271
制片公司如何利用青少年试销暴力影片 276
30 US Parents Switch to Home Schooling 280
在美国,父母转向家庭教育 286
31 Eiffel Planners Plumb the Depths 289
埃菲尔工程规划者锤测深度 294
32 Housing Crisis Confounds a Prosperous City 297
住房危机困扰繁荣的城市 303
33 Gorillas Have a Word for It 307
会“说话”的大猩猩 313
34 Your Daddy Was a Donor 316
你的父亲是个捐精者 323
35 For Jailed Writer, Prison, Time Is Study in Ethics and Experience 326
对坐牢的作者来说,监狱时光就是伦理学习和人生体验 332
36 Pain, the Disease 335
疼痛是病 342
37 Do We Really Need to Sleep? 345
人真需要睡觉吗? 351
38 600-Mile Journey in Nowhere Land 354
穿越茫茫蛮荒的600英里旅程 360
39 Smoking Guns 363
烟枪 368
40 Is Human Evolution Finally over? 371
人类进化结束了吗? 377
参考答案 380