·Buildings with minds of their own What if architects could build living systems rather than static buildings-dynamic structures that modify their internal and external forms in response to changes in
·Bluetooth’s quiet success It was born amid a blaze of hype at the height of the dotcom boom, but initially failed to thrive. Indeed, Bluetooth, a shortrange wireless technology used to interc
·Biometrics gets down to business For many people, biometrics conjures up images of a Big Brotherish surveillance society. But tell them they could save a few precious seconds at the supermarket chec
·Behold, the bus of the future It looks rather like a futuristic stretch limousine, but its actual function is rather more populist: the Superbus is a novel publictransport system being developed in
·Behind the bleeding edge MANKIND’S progress in developing new gizmos is often referred to as the march of technology. That conjures up images of constant and relentless forward movement orchestrated
·Aircraft emissions: The dirty sky All big ideas start life on the fringes of debate. Very often it takes a shocking event to move them into the mainstream. Until last year interest in climate change
·A meaty questionNO.3 IF YOU have ever longed for a meat substitute that smelt and tasted like the real thing, but did not involve killing an animal, then your order could be ready soon. Researchers b
·A fuzzy picture THIS is a really exciting time-a new era is starting, says Peter Bazalgette, the chief creative officer of Endemol, the television company behind Big Brother and other popular shows.
·Declining populations：Incredible shrinking countries During the second half of the 20th century, the global population explosion was the big demographic bogey. Robert McNamara, president of the World
·Is it true that the American intellectual is rejected and considered of no account in his society? I am going to suggest that it is not true. Father Bruckbergen told part of the story when he observed
·1. I shall define him as an individual who has elected as his primary duty and pleasure in life the activity of thinking in a Socratic way about moral problems.我会把知识分子定义为这样的人，他们把以苏格拉底的方式来思考道德问题的活动作为人生
