Through technology, science improves the structure of society and helps man to gain increasing control over his environment.

通过技术，科学改善了社会结构，并帮助人类进一步控制环境。

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But Gates, who turns 53 next week, has increasingly expanded his focus beyond Microsoft to problems of technology, science and society.

但是下周就年过53的盖茨已经逐渐将他的注意焦点从微软转移到技术，科学和社会问题上面来了。

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It is commonly thought that our society had dramatically changed by modern science and technology, and human had made extraordinary progress in knowledge and technology over the recent decades.

人们普遍认为我们的现代科技使我们的社会发生了巨大的变化，近几十年人类在科技方面取得了惊人的进步。

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Britain's Royal Society has released a report looking at how science and technology can be used to fight a food shortage it says is expected to hit the globe by 2050.

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Thane Kreiner is currently Executive Director of the Center for Science, Technology and Society at Santa Clara University.

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Not surprisingly, the report, just published in the prestigious American Chemical Society journal Environmental Science and Technology, has put the cat among the pigeons, since there are many new companies gearing-up to produce algal biofuels.

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From these, you derive more specific aims eg that as citizens, they will need to understand the society they live in, its economy, and the contribution of science, maths and technology to the latter.

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