英文版原文： http://www.sciencemag.org/content/335/6070/781.full.pdf 以下为转载： Young Scientists in Love Lonely Chinese researchers isolated by shyness and long lab hours now have an onlinedating service designed just for them. Building 88 ( http://www.sciencedate.cn/ ) aims to become a “soul harbor” for young Chinese scientists, its Web site explains. Spearheaded by Science Times Media Group, which also runs the popular Chinese-language news portal Sciencenet.cn, the service takes its name from a fabled Beijing dormitory that became a meet-up spot for Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers in the 1990s. Today’s scientists lack such gathering places, says site coordinator Wu Hao, and thus have a “more intense need” for social interaction than Chinese pursuing other careers. “The social circles of young Chinese scientists are often limited to other people in their field,” Wu explains. That may be no accident. A questionnaire Science Times distributed to 1243 young scientists revealed roughly 70% of highly educated respondents suffer from social anxiety, Wu says. Building 88 broadens the pool of potential paramours for introverts to include Chinese researchers both within China and all over the world. Since its launch in January, the site has grown to 1000 users, most of them between the ages of 20 and 35. Whether an online portal can help draw them out of their shells is still an experiment in progress; many scientists have unusually high standards, Wu notes. And as one 31-year-old Beijing scientist puts it on his Building 88 profi le: “Dating is just like scientifi c research: Only when you’re excited about it do you get results.” 中文版原文： http://blog.sciencenet.cn/home.php?mod=spaceuid=676349do=blogid=538377 以下为转载。 2月17日出版的《科学》杂志，发表了题为《热恋中的年轻科学家》（Young Scientists in Love）的文章，对“88楼”交友网站进行了报道。全文翻译如下： 对因害羞和长时间实验室工作导致的孤独的单身中国科研人员来说，如今有了一个为他们量身打造的网络交友服务网站——88楼。 88楼（网址： http://www.sciencedate.cn/ ）由中国科学报社发起，旨在成为中国年轻科研人员的“心灵驿站”，88楼的名字来源于上世纪90年代中国科学院在北京中关村地区研究人员的集体宿舍楼。同样是由中国科学报社主办的科学网，目前已经成为全球最大的中文科学网络社区。 88楼网站负责人吴昊表示，如今的科学家缺少88楼这样的聚集地，因此他们比中国从事其他职业的人群有更大的社交需求。“中国年轻科研人员的社交圈通常局限于与他们直接相关的领域。”吴昊解释道。 这可能并不是偶然情况。主办机构对1243名年轻科学家作的一项问卷调查显示，大约70%的高学历受访者患有社交恐惧，吴昊说。对性格内向的全球华人科研人员来说，88楼拓宽了他们选择情侣的范围。 自2012年1月上线以来，目前已有1000多名用户注册88楼，大部分人的年龄位于20—35岁之间。吴昊表示，网络渠道是否能够帮助科研人员走出封闭的生活有待进一步观察，因为很多科学家要求的标准非常高。像一位31岁的北京科学家在88楼写的感言一样：“交友就像科研：只有在你对此很兴奋的时候才会得到结果。”
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