Humanity has been trying to use the sun's light as a reliable source of energy for centuries.

几个世纪以来，人类一直试图利用太阳的光作为可靠的能源。

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Humanity also has been obsessed with trying to capture the meaning of time.

人类也一直痴迷于试图捕捉时间的意义。

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The Crystalline energy and indeed the entire mineral kingdom relates to humanity through both physical and etheric means. It has always been so.

水晶能量乃至整个矿物王国都透过物质和以太的方式与人类相连，且一直都是这样的。

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The changing nature of Indonesian government - from the candidness of the presidency (Wahid's propensity to shoot his mouth off ensures he needs no spokesman) to its comforting humanity (he has been known to doze off during lengthy parliament hearings, only to be pinched awake by Megawati) - is his doing and his alone.

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The trend through humanity has been from consumption of carbohydrates to hydrocarbons to uranium.

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"If you look back historically at what has caused humanity to make its largest investments in exploration and in transportation, it has been going after resources, whether it's the Europeans going after the spice routes or the American settlers looking toward the west for gold, oil, timber or land, " Mr Diamandis explained.

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