In looking into the stories of biological discovery, I also began to find something else, a collection of scientists, usually brilliant occasionally half-mad, who made the discoveries.

在调查生物学发现的事迹时，我也开始有别的发现。我发现产出研究成果的是一群通常才华横溢、偶尔半疯半癫的科学家。

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The hope is that this mad-dash scramble will allow scientists to pass along the vital traits of these rugged relatives, such as drought and flood tolerance, to our vulnerable crop varieties.

希望这场疯狂冲刺式的竞争能让科学家将那些强健亲缘的重要特性，如干旱和洪水耐受力传递给我们脆弱的作物品种。

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Few nations in history have produced more mad scientists than the USSR.

在历史上，大概没有几个国家像苏联一样产生多这么多的疯狂科学家了吧。

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The mad scientists at the Tax Policy Center have done what they do best, crunching the numbers to determine just how hard high-earners will be hit in 2013.

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The duo (also known as Evil Mad Scientists) created a charming little droid called a BristleBot which can be easily constructed using the head of a toothbrush, a pager motor, and a tiny amount of elbow grease.

ENGADGET: Evil Mad Scientist's "BristleBot" project boosted by Scholastic / Klutz for book, no credit in sight

Some weeks ago, the government's scientists advised it that the deadly human equivalent of mad-cow disease might be transmitted through beef bones, although the risks were tiny.

ECONOMIST: Beef