For much of the past 15 years, with funding from the European Union, the Italian volcanologist has struggled to focus the scientific community's attention on Nyiragongo.

过去十五年大部分时间里，在欧盟的资助下，这位意大利火山学家一直力争让科学界的注意力集中到尼拉贡戈火山。

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But many plant researchers say that Mr. Dimas ignored scientific conclusions, including those of several researchers who advised the European Union that the new corn was safe.

许多植物研究人员则表示，狄马斯对科学结论视若无睹，有些研究人员向欧盟所提新种玉米安全无虞的建议，他也置之不理。

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The Soviet Union orbited the world's first space station, Salyut 1, designed for scientific studies, in 1971.

1971年苏联在地球轨道上设立世界第一座太空站礼炮1号作为科学研究之用。

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The judge said the river was a site of special scientific interest and a European Union designated special area of conservation.

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The current rules mean that any crop that's approved at EU level can be grown anywhere in the Union unless countries have specific scientific reasons for blocking it.

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But there are some cuts would be just unwise, and in his State of the Union speech last night Barack Obama argued that spending on scientific and technological research is one of them.

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