1. 根据乔治亚工学院2014年的一项研究，运动确实可以开发智力，即使你不喜欢举重训练或者不喜欢健身馆的环境，想改用吃坚果的方式提高记忆力，通过锻炼提高记忆力其实只需要20分钟。在这项实验中，研究人员要求参与者进行20分钟的高强度训练，他们发现，仅仅20分钟就可以让年轻人的“事件记忆”能力（也叫长期记忆力）提高10%。

2. 1. Discipline them: Of course disciplining our children is a given in any home. But we need to ask ourselves if we are disciplining our children properly? Who

3. 而至于他自己的教育问题：他在考虑是留在英国，还是为了离硅谷更近而去读美国的大学。再或者，他也许会放弃学业，全然专注于他的事业。他说，我非常想再创办一家公司，连续创业家们都是对创新上瘾的人。我希望能保有热情。如果我不能尝试新的事物，我会感觉很糟。

4. 8. Experienced Better Cognitive Performance With Bare Feet

5. n. 剥夺，免职，匮乏，丧失，夺去

6. 下面是今年最令人难忘的四个设计，包括参与塑造这些造型的一些艺术家们的评论。

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1. 不过，多个大城市新建住宅价格增速似乎已显著放缓。

2. UPON HEARING, IN MARCH of this year, reports that a 17-year-old schoolboy had sold a piece of software to Yahoo! for $30 million, you might well have entertained a few preconceived notions about what sort of child this must be. A geeky specimen, no doubt. A savant with zero interests outside writing lines of code. A twitchy creature, prone to mumbling, averse to eye contact.

3. 泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名的编辑菲尔·巴蒂说，“学校的全球发展前景是一个名牌大学的重要标志之一。顶尖大学聘请来自世界各地的教师，吸引来自全球有极高天分的学生，并能与所有的一流专业合作——不管是哪个国家的。”

4. Chinese industrial profits slumped by a record 8 per cent last month, as Beijing’s targeted stimulus efforts failed to arrest a slowdown in the key driver of China’s economy.

5. In addition, the urban population has increased and now represents 55.88 percent of the total population, an increase of 6.2 percent over the census of 2010.

6. A 14-year-old Chinese boy overcame two of humankind's most dreaded fears--getting stuck in an elevator and getting homework done, in a single night thanks to his quick-witted character.

旧版特色

1. Brain death is a bit of an inconvenience if you're a fan of living, and if you're looking to replace yours with a spare, you're out of luck. Sure, maybe we'll one day be able to plant brains into skulls, but the brain's not just another organ. It contains all your thoughts and memories. They can plop a new brain in your head, but you'll still be gone, so the idea of making artificial brains may seem absurd.

2. 更强的是设计公司Ideo的全球董事总经理伊恩?罗伯茨(Iain Roberts)，他问了一个我一点都不感兴趣的问题：“怎样激发人们去洞察潜在机动性或多模式需求？”

3. “An employee baked a cake with her resignation letter written on top.”