I always felt that I owed to this trip the first real cultivation or education of my mind; this journey led me to take a deep interest in several branches of natural science.

我经常想，多亏了这次旅行，我第一次真正有了自己的想法，并且对自然科学的多个分支学科产生了浓厚的兴趣。

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Since the way to feed the world is not to bring more land under cultivation, but to increase yields, science is crucial.

科技对解决全球的吃饭问题至关重要，因为增加耕地是不现实，只能靠科技提高产量。

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Thus, leisure is a science, an art, and a kind of cultivation.

因此，休闲是一门学科、一种艺术，也是一种文化教养。

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Following up on my post about the Science of Tequila, I contacted Mexican botanist and author Ana Valenzuela Zapata on the broader applications for blue agave cultivation.

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