That might not seem surprising in this age of electric lights and round-the-clock activities, but co-author David Samson says this shift began long before we developed artificial lighting.

在这个有电灯和通宵工作的时代这也许并不令人惊讶。 但是这份报告的共同作者大卫•萨姆森说，睡眠的这种变化早在我们发明人工照明之前就开始了。

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Homeowners looking to save energy, makers of solar panels and wind turbines and companies hoping to bring the electric grid into the computer age all stand to reap major benefits.

那些想节能的业主、太阳能电池板和风力涡轮机的生产者还有那些想将电栅带入计算机时代的公司都可以获得很多利益。

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Improving technology may mean the age of mass-market electric cars is nearly here - Nissan predicts they may snare 10 per cent of global sales by 2020.

技术的不断改善，可能意味着电动汽车的大众市场时代即将来临。日产预测，到2020年，该公司将占据全球电动汽车销售的10%。

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After years of false starts, the age of the affordable electric car may finally, finally have arrived.

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Yet, while we all enjoy reading articles about new gizmos, electric cars, space-age wind turbines, and of course, the latest advances in photovoltaics, these advancements represent only the surface of a much larger, systemic change in the way we will soon conduct business.

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