目录 1.THE HEALING POWER OF SLEEP 2 2.RISK 4 3.FRIENDSHIP 6 4.LARRY KING 8 5.REPORTERS AS STUNTMEN 10 6.EDUCATION 12 7.ARE HUMANS FURLESS TO THWART PARASITES?14 8.JUMBO SQUID 16 9.BYSTANDERS 18 10.TAN OR BURN 20 11.PLATYPUSES 22 12.LAPTOP SECURITY 24 13.THE VANISHING BIRDS 26 14.SUCCESS 28 15.HISTORIC CLIMB 30 16.QUALITY OF LIFE IS MUCH MORE THAN A JOB 32 17.FREEDOM AND CENSORSHIP 34 18.VIRGINIA WOOLF 36 19.WORKING TIME AND A HALF 38 20.A FABLE FOR TOMORROW 40 21.PERRIER VERSUS BRITISH BEEF 42 22.GUMPERSON'S LAW 44 23.INSOMNIA 46 24.JEALOUSY 48 25.DECEPTION 50 26.WE FISH 52 27.BALDNESS 54 28.URBAN AND SUBURBAN 56 29.SLIGHT DIFFERENCE, MAJOR CONFLICTS 58 30.OLDER CAREGIVERS 60 31.THE WIRELESS WEB 62 32.LANGUAGE LEARNING 64 33.NEGOTIATIONS 66 34.ELECTION RESEARCH 68 35.COMMON SENSE 70 36.INTELLECTUAL 72 37.SKINNY ENVELOPES 74 38.THE PROBLEM OF DISCIPLINE 76 39.ETIQUETTE 78 40.A LETTER FROM TEXAS 80 41.THE CASE FOR THE JASONS 82 42.INVISIBLE TERRORISM 84 43.SHOALS OF TIME 86 44.BLOOD SUPPLY BESIEGED 88 45.BROADBAND 90 46.THE VIOLENT PAST OF A WICKED WEED 92 47.THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 94 48.DETERMINISTS 96 49.RIGHTS, WRONGS AND IGNORANCE 98 50.CHEATING 100 51.BAD SCIENCE AND FALSE FACTS 102 52.OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER 104 53.TOP FORMS 106 54.DIVISIONS IN EUROLAND 108 55.THE ADVANTAGES OF STUPIDITY 110 56.DANGERS OF GOING UNDERGROUND 112 57.(RE) BUILDING BLOCKS 114 58.A SUSPENSION OF DEATH PENALTY 116 59.IN DEFENSE OF THE BOOK 118 60.A BOOK REVIEW 120 附表一:阅读速度测定表(WPM) 122 附表二:阅读理解准确率测定表(%) 122 附表三:阅读速度变化进度表 123