Slow, continuous change may be the norm during periods of environmental stability, while rapid evolution of new species occurs during periods of environment stress.

缓慢的、持续的变化可能是环境稳定时期的常态，而新物种的快速进化发生在环境压力时期。

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They also intend to employ new, continuous manufacturing processes that promise to reduce the cost of solar panels very quickly in future.

他们还将启用新型的连续生产线，希望能尽快降低太阳能板的成本。

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Continuous change in the way workers collaborate brought on by new technology.

新技术将带来员工协作方式的持续改变。

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As the US Federal government moves quickly to adopt cloud computing, these and other attacks serve to highlight the implementation of new continuous monitoring security policies.

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So, if evolution is to produce change, it must work more by the accretion of new components than by the continuous re-engineering of existing ones.

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Final note: CATCH (the Center for Assessment Technology and Continuous Health), the new (non-profit) Boston-based innovation initiative I recently co-founded with MGH Chief-of-Medicine Dennis Ausiello (who will lead the effort) and several others, seeks precisely this balance between potential and attained health.

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