TED演讲之神童 大家的科学,儿童亦然(7)
It took four months to do the science, two years to get it published.
这个科学实验只做了四个月，但要让它发表却花了两年。
Typical science, actually, right? So this makes Amy and her friends the youngest published scientists in the world.
真是典型的科学，是不是？所以这也让Amy和她的朋友们成了世界上最年轻的已发表作品的科学家。
What was the feedback like? Well, it was published two days before Christmas, downloaded 30,000 times in the first day, right?
那么反响如何呢？那是在圣诞前两天发表的，第一天的下载量就超过三万次，
It was the Editors’ Choice in Science, which is a top science magazine. It’s forever freely accessible by Biology Letters.
它成了科研头牌杂志《科学》的编辑之选。《生物学通讯》开放了它的永久免费共享。
It’s the only paper that will ever be freely accessible by this journal.
它是这份杂志唯一一份允许免费共享的报告。
Last year, it was the second-most downloaded paper by Biology Letters, and the feedback from not just scientists and teachers but the public as well. And I’ll just read one.
去年，它成了《生物学通讯》上下载量第二的报告，而且不仅仅是科学家们给予了反馈，老师和大众也给予了反馈。我来给你们念一个。
“I have read ‘Blackawton Bees’ recently. I don’t have words to explain exactly how I am feeling right now.
“我最近读了《Blackawton蜜蜂》。我不知道用什么词句来形容我现在的心情。
What you guys have done is real, true and amazing. Curiosity, interest, innocence and zeal are the most basic and most important things to do science.
你们所做的，实在，真实而又惊人。好奇心，兴趣，纯真以及热情是科学所需最基本也是最重要的品质。
Who else can have these qualities more than children? Please congratulate your children’s team from my side.”
谁能比儿童拥有更多这些品质呢？请代我恭喜你们的孩子们。”
So I’d like to conclude with a physical metaphor. Can I do it on you? Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, come on. Yeah yeah. Okay.
我想通过一个物理隐喻来总结今天的演讲。我能在您身上做这个实验吗？哦对，就是你，来吧。很好。
Now, science is about taking risks, so this is an incredible risk, right? For me, not for him. Right? Because we’ve only done this once before.
科学就是冒险，这也是项不可思议的冒险，对吗？对我来说，不是对他。是不是？因为这个实验我们之前只做过一次。
And you like technology, right? Right, but I like myself. This is the epitome of technology. Right. Okay. Now… Okay.
你喜欢科技，是吗？是的，但是我更喜欢我自己。这是个科技的缩影。好了。现在……好了。
演讲简介：
科学与玩乐有何共通之处？神经学家Beau Lotto认为所有人（包括儿童）都应参与科学，并通过探索发现的过程来改变他们的感知。他的另一位演讲者，12岁的Amy O’Toole，她以及她的其他25位同班同学，经同行评议后发表了第一篇由在校儿童撰写的关于“Blackawton蜜蜂计划”文章。它的开头是，“从前……”