Curiosity is often considered a good instinct—it can lead to new scientific advances, for instance—but sometimes such inquiry can backfire.

好奇心通常被认为是一种有益的本能——比如它能带来新的科学进步——但有时这种探究可能会适得其反。

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Much has been written about how the relationship between scientists and the media can shape the efficient transmission of scientific advances to the public.

关于科学家和媒体之间的关系能够如何影响科技进步在公众中的有效传播，已经有很多著述。

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"If we're successful," their mission statement reads, "we believe this will be one of the most important and widely beneficial scientific advances ever made."

“如果我们成功了，”他们的任务声明写道，“我们相信这将是有史以来最重要、最有益的科学进步之一。”

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And they had this feeling because there had just been this huge boon of discovery, of scientific advances that included Newtonian mechanics, it included Dalton's atomic theory of matter, also thermodynamics and classical electromagnetism.

他们会有这样的感觉,是因为他们刚，经历科学上的,大繁荣期，包括牛顿力学,道尔顿物质原子理论，热力学和电磁学,都取得了巨大进展。

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Ethical issues raised by scientific advances are increasing as fast as progress is being made.

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At the time, Bush maintained that scientific advances allowed researchers to conduct groundbreaking research without destroying human embryos.

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Last November, of course, she articulated the goal, made possible by recent scientific advances, of an AIDS-free generation.

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