“我们需要少买一些牛仔裤，并且只在真正需要洗的时候才洗。”其中一位科学家萨姆·阿西说道。
"We need to buy fewer jeans and only wash them when we truly need to do it," says Sam Athey, one of the scientists.
尽管如此，科学家至今还不能量化蜜蜂数量下降对庄稼或植物的直接影响，诺依曼则强调其中一些影响是定性的。
Nonetheless, scientists have been unable so far to quantify the direct impact of bee decline on crops or plants, and Neumann insisted that some of the impact was qualitative.
其中一些细节阐释地很美，比如科学家如何设法合成那些可分解纤维素的酶以制造乙醇，这项科技攻关难度极大。
Some of the details are nice, such as the work of scientists trying to create enzymes to do the difficult job of breaking cellulose down to make ethanol.
而少数科学家对上面的推论保持着怀疑态度：其中一些人为最近一些基础牢固的数据表明地球平均气温升高是太阳辐射的自然变化所致，而这种变化趋势正在走向终结；
Some think that recent, well-grounded data suggesting the Earth’s average temperature is rising are explained by natural variations in solar radiation, and that this trend may be coming to an end.
其中一些在之前已经被发现了，但科学家期望这是明确的列表，排除了极少数突变。
Some have been discovered before, but scientists expect this to be the definitive list, barring a few rare mutations.
黑脉金斑蝶的数量降至历史最低点。据NPR新闻的斯科特·纽曼报道，一些科学家认为转基因作物可能是其中一个影响因素。
The population of Monarch butterflies is falling to record lows. NPR's Scott Neuman reports some scientists suspect genetically modified crops could be a factor.
把铝和其他金属混合，科学家们能够制造出各种合金，其中一些具有钢一样的强度，但其重量只是钢的三分之一。
By mixing aluminium with other metals, scientists have been able to produce a variety of alloys, some of which have the strength of steel but weigh only one third as much.
把铝和其他金属混合，科学家们能够制造出各种合金，其中一些具有钢一样的强度，但其重量只是钢的三分之一。
By mixing aluminium with other metals, scientists have been able to produce a variety of alloys, some of which have the strength of steel but weigh on ly one third as much.
今年，野外科学家记录了这个过程的一些引人注目的例子，其中一些具有使得生物体形状和活动快速进化的特征。
This year field biologists recorded compelling examples of that process, some of which featured surprisingly rapid evolution in organisms' shape and behavior.
今年，野外科学家记录了这个过程的一些引人注目的例子，其中一些具有使得生物体形状和活动快速进化的特征。
This year field biologists recorded compelling examples of that process, some of which featured surprisingly rapid evolution in organisms' shape and behavior.
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