On top of the tragic loss of life, the accident in California will cast a long shadow over the future of space tourism, even before it has properly begun.

除了生命损失的悲剧之外，加利福尼亚的事故甚至在太空旅游尚未真正开始之前就给它的未来蒙上了一层阴影。

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Long before the Tudors became television celebrities, historians sought gleams of sunshine in his reign by tracing the emergence of his second son, the future Henry VIII; and so it is again here.

早在都铎王朝的王室成员成为电视名人之前，历史学家就通过追踪他第二个儿子、未来的亨利八世的崭露头角，寻求亨利七世统治下微弱闪烁的阳光；所以在本书中亨利八世再次崭露头角。

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They lived on the earth tens of millions of years ago, long before humans came into being and their future seemed secure at that time.

千百万年前， 恐龙就在地球上生活，比人类的出现要早得多，当时它们的前景好像也很安全。

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We honestly believe, as do most analysts, that it's not too long into the future before the price curves of technologies like standard photovoltaic solar and some upcoming breakthroughs are at cost parity with conventionally -- like, coal-burning-generated electricity.

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Work is still early enough that there's a long way to go before such implants are part of any treatments, but there's hope that future chip iterations could help fix inner ear maladies, not just report on them.

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As for the future of corporate meddling on Wikipedia, Zimmerman says it won't be long before public relations executives learn to hide their tracks with anonymity tools.

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