美因何而存在?为了回答这个问题,鸟类学家理查德•O•普鲁姆正试图令达尔文的一种观点重新流行:同一个物种中,动物对其同类的吸引力,不仅仅与健康和良好的基因有关。动物,尤其是普鲁姆博士所研究的鸟类,会做出主观的决定。他希望进化生物学家不要再“为欲望辩解”了。
Saving Cancer Patients in Africa
拯救非洲癌症患者
We learned that there is new hope for Africans with treatable cancers.
对于可治疗的癌症,非洲人有了新的希望。
Major pharmaceutical companies, working with the American Cancer Society, will steeply discount cancer drugs for patients in African countries. Cancer kills 450,000 people across the continent each year, but many types here are among the most treatable: breast, cervical and prostate tumors.
大型制药公司正在与美国癌症协会合作,以大幅折扣价为非洲患者提供抗癌药物。在整个非洲大陆,每年有45万人死于癌症,但其中有很多种癌症是可以治疗的,比如乳腺癌、宫颈癌和前列腺癌等。
The Global Obesity Epidemic
全球性肥胖
We learned about the causes and consequences of rising obesity around the world.
全球肥胖率上升的前因后果。
Makers of processed food, soda and fast food see markets in the developing world as their greatest growth opportunities. At the same time, obesity rates and weight-related illnesses are on the rise in developing countries. An ongoing series of articles examined the interaction of these two trends, starting with cases in Brazil, Ghana and Colombia. Taken together, these stories reveal “a new global food order, and a new health crisis.”
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