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Drew Berry: Animations of unseeable biology
朱百力：看不見的生物學的動畫
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我們沒有辦法直接觀察分子及其功能，而朱百力想要改變這個窘境。他在TEDxSydney座談會上，播放既符合科學發現又有趣的動畫。這些動畫幫助研究人員看見發生在我們的細胞中，肉眼看不到的反應過程。
Drew Berry - Biomedical animator
Drew Berry creates stunning and scientifically accurate animations to illustrate how the molecules in our cell move and interact. Full bio
Drew Berry creates stunning and scientifically accurate animations to illustrate how the molecules in our cell move and interact. Full bio
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What I'm going to show you
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我要向各位展示
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are the astonishing molecular machines
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驚人的分子機器
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that create the living fabric of your body.
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這些分子在你體內形成活的組織。
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Now molecules are really, really tiny.
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分子非常、非常的小
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And by tiny,
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說它小，
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I mean really.
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我是指真的很小。
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They're smaller than a wavelength of light,
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他們比光的波長還小，
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so we have no way to directly observe them.
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因此我們無法以肉眼直接觀察它們。
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But through science, we do have a fairly good idea
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但透過科學，我們的確對身體
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of what's going on down at the molecular scale.
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在分子層級上正在發生的事，有一定程度的了解。
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So what we can do is actually tell you about the molecules,
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我們雖能直接告訴你有關這些分子的種種，
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but we don't really have a direct way of showing you the molecules.
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但我們真的沒有辦法直接把分子拿給你看。
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One way around this is to draw pictures.
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畫圖是一個解決的方法。
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And this idea is actually nothing new.
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而這也不是什麼新鮮的想法。
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Scientists have always created pictures
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科學家一向都以圖片
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as part of their thinking and discovery process.
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來闡釋他們的思考及發現新知的過程。
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They draw pictures of what they're observing with their eyes,
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他們以圖畫來呈現他們透過肉眼
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through technology like telescopes and microscopes,
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或透過望遠鏡及顯微鏡等科技觀察到的東西，
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and also what they're thinking about in their minds.
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以及他們在腦海裡思索的事物。
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I picked two well-known examples,
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我舉兩個很有名的例子，
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because they're very well-known for expressing science through art.
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因為他們在以藝術表達科學這方面很有名。
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And I start with Galileo
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首先是伽利略
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who used the world's first telescope
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他用世界首座望遠鏡
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to look at the Moon.
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來觀察月亮，
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And he transformed our understanding of the Moon.
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他改變了我們對月亮的了解。
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The perception in the 17th century
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在十七世紀時的概念裡
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was the Moon was a perfect heavenly sphere.
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月亮是完美無缺的球體。
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But what Galileo saw was a rocky, barren world,
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但伽利略所看到的卻是一個坑坑洞洞的貧瘠世界，
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which he expressed through his watercolor painting.
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他以水彩畫出他的觀察。
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Another scientist with very big ideas,
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另外一位很有想法的科學家，
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the superstar of biology, is Charles Darwin.
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就是生物學的超級名星查爾斯．達爾文。
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And with this famous entry in his notebook,
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在他的筆記裡，這張有名的插圖
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he begins in the top left-hand corner with, "I think,"
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以在左上角寫著「我認為」開始
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and then sketches out the first tree of life,
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然後畫出歷史上第一個演化樹。
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which is his perception
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這是他對世上
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of how all the species, all living things on Earth,
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所有的物種、所有的生物
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are connected through evolutionary history --
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如何被演化的歷史串連的觀點，
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the origin of species through natural selection
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亦即物種如何經過天擇源起，
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and divergence from an ancestral population.
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並由始祖群體分支出新物種。
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Even as a scientist,
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即使像我身為科學家
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I used to go to lectures by molecular biologists
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以前聽分子生物學家演講時，
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and find them completely incomprehensible,
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我仍然不能完全了解
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with all the fancy technical language and jargon
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那些科學家在描述他們的研究時
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that they would use in describing their work,
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所使用的專有名詞及行話。
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until I encountered the artworks of David Goodsell,
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直到我看到大衛‧顧塞爾的作品，
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who is a molecular biologist at the Scripps Institute.
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他是美國斯克利浦斯研究所的分子生物學家。
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And his pictures,
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他所畫的圖
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everything's accurate and it's all to scale.
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每一樣都畫的很正確且按著比例
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And his work illuminated for me
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他的作品使我了解
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what the molecular world inside us is like.
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我們體內的分子世界是什麼樣子。
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So this is a transection through blood.
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這是血液組織橫切面圖。
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In the top left-hand corner, you've got this yellow-green area.
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圖片左上方有一塊黃綠色的地方，
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The yellow-green area is the fluids of blood, which is mostly water,
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這塊黃綠色的地方是血漿，絕大部份是水，
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but it's also antibodies, sugars,
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但也有抗體、糖、
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hormones, that kind of thing.
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賀爾蒙等這些東西。
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And the red region is a slice into a red blood cell.
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而紅色的區域為紅血球切面。
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And those red molecules are hemoglobin.
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那些紅色的分子昰血紅素。
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They are actually red; that's what gives blood its color.
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他們真的是紅色的，血液因此呈現紅色。
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And hemoglobin acts as a molecular sponge
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血紅素扮演分子海綿的角色，
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to soak up the oxygen in your lungs
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吸收肺所吸進的氧氣
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and then carry it to other parts of the body.
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然後帶到身體其它部位。
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I was very much inspired by this image many years ago,
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許多年前，我從這張圖片得到許多靈感。
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and I wondered whether we could use computer graphics
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我思索著如何以電腦製圖
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to represent the molecular world.
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來呈現分子世界。
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What would it look like?
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它會是什麼樣子呢?
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And that's how I really began. So let's begin.
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我就是這樣開始畫作的。現在就來看吧。
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This is DNA in its classic double helix form.
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這是DNA典型的雙股螺旋結構，
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And it's from X-ray crystallography,
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因為是從X光晶體結構圖看到的
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so it's an accurate model of DNA.
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所以這是正確的DNA模型。
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If we unwind the double helix and unzip the two strands,
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如果我們把雙股螺旋伸展拉直，如拉鍊拉開，
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you see these things that look like teeth.
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這看起來像牙齒的東西
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Those are the letters of genetic code,
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是遺傳密碼的字母，
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the 25,000 genes you've got written in your DNA.
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構成你的DNA中二萬五千個基因。
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This is what they typically talk about --
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這是老生常談了
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the genetic code -- this is what they're talking about.
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遺傳密碼，非常普遍的話題。
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But I want to talk about a different aspect of DNA science,
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但是我想從另一方面來談DNA，
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and that is the physical nature of DNA.
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就是DNA的物理性質。
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It's these two strands that run in opposite directions
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這兩鏈互以相反方向排列，
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for reasons I can't go into right now.
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我現在先不解釋為什麼，
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But they physically run in opposite directions,
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但是這兩鏈以相反方向排列
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which creates a number of complications for your living cells,
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使得你的活細胞變的很複雜
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as you're about to see,
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--你馬上會看到--
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most particularly when DNA is being copied.
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特別是在DNA複製的時候。
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And so what I'm about to show you
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我即將播放的影片
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is an accurate representation
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很準確地畫出了
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of the actual DNA replication machine that's occurring right now inside your body,
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在你體內運行中的DNA複製機制，
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at least 2002 biology.
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這圖是基於2002年生物學所畫的。
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So DNA's entering the production line from the left-hand side,
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所以DNA從左手邊進入生產線
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and it hits this collection, these miniature biochemical machines,
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碰到這個組合物，這些小型生化機器
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that are pulling apart the DNA strand and making an exact copy.
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把DNA雙股分開並複製完全相同的副本。
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So DNA comes in
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所以DNA進來
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and hits this blue, doughnut-shaped structure
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碰到這個藍色甜甜圈形狀的結構體，
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and it's ripped apart into its two strands.
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這個結構體把兩股長鏈分離。
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One strand can be copied directly,
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其中一股可以直接複製，
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and you can see these things spooling off to the bottom there.
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你可以看到複製品從底下合成出來，
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But things aren't so simple for the other strand
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但對於另外一鏈事情就沒這麼簡單了，
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because it must be copied backwards.
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因為它必須反向複製。
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So it's thrown out repeatedly in these loops
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所以這些複製品不斷地從這些圈圈裡丟出來，
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and copied one section at a time,
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一次複製一段，
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creating two new DNA molecules.
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創造出兩個新的DNA分子。
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Now you have billions of this machine
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在你的身體裡有無數個這種機器，
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right now working away inside you,
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現在就在你體內工作，
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copying your DNA with exquisite fidelity.
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以最精緻的保真度複製你的DNA。
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It's an accurate representation,
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這個影片畫的很正確，
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and it's pretty much at the correct speed for what is occurring inside you.
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並與你體內複製的速度極為相近。
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I've left out error correction and a bunch of other things.
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我沒有畫出細胞的校正機制及其他的東西。
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This was work from a number of years ago.
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這是好多年前的作品。
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Thank you.
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謝謝。
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This is work from a number of years ago,
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這是好多年前的作品，
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but what I'll show you next is updated science, it's updated technology.
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我即將給你看的昰以最新科學及技術所畫的動畫。
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So again, we begin with DNA.
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所以跟剛剛一樣，我們從DNA開始。
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And it's jiggling and wiggling there because of the surrounding soup of molecules,
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它在這搖來搖去，因為它被其它分子所包圍。
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which I've stripped away so you can see something.
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我沒畫出其他分子，這樣才看的清楚。
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DNA is about two nanometers across,
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DNA約二奈米寬，
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which is really quite tiny.
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真的非常非常小，
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But in each one of your cells,
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但是在你的每一個細胞內，
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each strand of DNA is about 30 to 40 million nanometers long.
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DNA的每一鏈都有三四千萬奈米長。
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So to keep the DNA organized and regulate access to the genetic code,
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所以為了組織DNA並調控遺傳密碼讀取，
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it's wrapped around these purple proteins --
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DNA包圍著這些紫色的蛋白質
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or I've labeled them purple here.
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--或者是說我把它塗成紫色--
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It's packaged up and bundled up.
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他們捆包起來。
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All this field of view is a single strand of DNA.
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在這裡看到的都是單鏈DNA。
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This huge package of DNA is called a chromosome.
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這整捆的DNA叫做染色體。
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And we'll come back to chromosomes in a minute.
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我們等一下再來談染色體。
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We're pulling out, we're zooming out,
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我們將鏡頭拉遠、縮小畫面，
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out through a nuclear pore,
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穿過核孔，
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which is the gateway to this compartment that holds all the DNA
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核孔是到細胞核的通道，
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called the nucleus.
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而DNA就在細胞核裡。
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All of this field of view
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你現在所看到的，
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is about a semester's worth of biology, and I've got seven minutes.
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要花一整個學期來上課，但我只有七分鐘。
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So we're not going to be able to do that today?
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所以我們今天能多談一些嗎?
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No, I'm being told, "No."
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不行，我得到的答案是不。
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This is the way a living cell looks down a light microscope.
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這是從光學顯微鏡下看到的活細胞，
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And it's been filmed under time-lapse, which is why you can see it moving.
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以延時技術拍下，所以你可以看到細胞在動。
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The nuclear envelope breaks down.
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核膜破裂，
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These sausage-shaped things are the chromosomes, and we'll focus on them.
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這些像香腸形狀的東西就是染色體，這是我們的主題。
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They go through this very striking motion
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他們進行非常獨特的活動，
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that is focused on these little red spots.
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被這些紅點拉著走。
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When the cell feels it's ready to go,
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當細胞準備好要分裂
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it rips apart the chromosome.
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就把染色體分開。
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One set of DNA goes to one side,
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一組DNA到這邊，
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the other side gets the other set of DNA --
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另一組DNA到另外一邊，
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identical copies of DNA.
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一模一樣的兩組DNA，
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And then the cell splits down the middle.
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然後細胞從中分開。
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And again, you have billions of cells
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再說一次，你的體內有無數的細胞
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undergoing this process right now inside of you.
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現在正在做這樣的事。
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Now we're going to rewind and just focus on the chromosomes
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現在我們倒帶，特別只看染色體部分，
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and look at its structure and describe it.
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來講一下它的結構。
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So again, here we are at that equator moment.
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所以再看一次，在細胞分裂，赤道板形成的時候，
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The chromosomes line up.
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染色體排列成一直線。
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And if we isolate just one chromosome,
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如果我們拿出其中一條染色體，
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we're going to pull it out and have a look at its structure.
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我們把它抽出來看看它的結構。
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So this is one of the biggest molecular structures that you have,
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這是你體內最大的分子結構，
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at least as far as we've discovered so far inside of us.
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至少是目前所發現的分子中最大的。
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So this is a single chromosome.
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這是一條染色體，
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And you have two strands of DNA in each chromosome.
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每條染色體有兩鏈DNA。
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One is bundled up into one sausage.
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這一鏈捆綁成一條香腸，
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The other strand is bundled up into the other sausage.
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另一鏈也捆綁成一條香腸。
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These things that look like whiskers that are sticking out from either side
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這些看起來像觸鬚的東西從兩端穿出，
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are the dynamic scaffolding of the cell.
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是細胞的動態鷹架。
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They're called mircrotubules. That name's not important.
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這些叫微管，名字本身不重要，
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But what we're going to focus on is this red region -- I've labeled it red here --
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重點是這些紅色的部分，是我把它塗成紅的，
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and it's the interface
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這個介面，
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between the dynamic scaffolding and the chromosomes.
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介於細胞鷹架及染色體中間。
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It is obviously central to the movement of the chromosomes.
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很明顯是染色體移動的中心。
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We have no idea really as to how it's achieving that movement.
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我們真的不知道它怎麼讓DNA移動。
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We've been studying this thing they call the kinetochore
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我們一直在研究這個叫動粒的東西，
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for over a hundred years with intense study,
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一百多年來的緊密研究，
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and we're still just beginning to discover what it's all about.
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但我們才剛剛開始了解它的功用。
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It is made up of about 200 different types of proteins,
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它由200種不同的蛋白質組成，
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thousands of proteins in total.
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總共有數萬個蛋白質。
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It is a signal broadcasting system.
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它是信號廣播系統，
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It broadcasts through chemical signals
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透過化學信號來廣播，
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telling the rest of the cell when it's ready,
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告訴其他的細胞組織，
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when it feels that everything is aligned and ready to go
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一切都已排列整齊，準備好
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for the separation of the chromosomes.
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可以讓染色體分離了。
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It is able to couple onto the growing and shrinking microtubules.
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它能夠與伸長或縮小的微管結合，
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It's involved with the growing of the microtubules,
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它與微管的生長有關，
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and it's able to transiently couple onto them.
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並短暫地與微管結合。
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It's also an attention sensing system.
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它也是一種傳感系統。
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It's able to feel when the cell is ready,
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它可以感覺到細胞已經準備好了，
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when the chromosome is correctly positioned.
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就是當染色體排在正確的位置的時候。
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It's turning green here
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在這裡它變成綠色，
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because it feels that everything is just right.
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因為它覺得所有的事都恰到好處。
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And you'll see, there's this one little last bit
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然後你看，這裡還有一個小小的點，
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that's still remaining red.
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還是呈現紅色。
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And it's walked away down the microtubules.
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它離開了，順著微管往下走。
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That is the signal broadcasting system sending out the stop signal.
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這是信號廣播系統告訴大家要停了。
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And it's walked away. I mean, it's that mechanical.
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它就走開， 真的，就是這麼機械化。
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It's molecular clockwork.
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它就像分子的發條。
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This is how you work at the molecular scale.
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你在分子層級上就是這樣就是這樣運作。
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So with a little bit of molecular eye candy,
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所以利用一些賞心悅目的分子解釋，
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we've got kinesins, which are the orange ones.
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我們有驅動蛋白，是這些橘色點，
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They're little molecular courier molecules walking one way.
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他們像是小小的分子信差，單向滑行。
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And here are the dynein. They're carrying that broadcasting system.
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這些是動力蛋白，運載那個信號廣播系統。
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And they've got their long legs so they can step around obstacles and so on.
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他們腳很長，所以可以避開障礙物旁走。
08:21
So again, this is all derived accurately
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這些也是照著科學研究，
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from the science.
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所畫出的動畫。
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The problem is we can't show it to you any other way.
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問題在於我們沒辦法用其他的方法呈現。
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Exploring at the frontier of science,
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在科學發展的最前線，
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at the frontier of human understanding,
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及在人類知識的極限探索，
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is mind-blowing.
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昰對思想的震撼。
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Discovering this stuff
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發現這些東西，
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is certainly a pleasurable incentive to work in science.
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的確對科學研究帶來愉快的動力。
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But most medical researchers --
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但是對絕大多數的醫學研究者而言，
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discovering the stuff
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發現這些東西
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is simply steps along the path to the big goals,
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只是向更大目標邁進的一小步，
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which are to eradicate disease,
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就是希望能消滅疾病，
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to eliminate the suffering and the misery that disease causes
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減少疾病所帶來的痛苦及不幸，
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and to lift people out of poverty.
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並且將人們帶離貧窮。
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Thank you.
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謝謝。
08:57
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Drew Berry - Biomedical animatorDrew Berry creates stunning and scientifically accurate animations to illustrate how the molecules in our cell move and interact.
Why you should listen
Drew Berry is a biomedical animator whose scientifically accurate and aesthetically rich visualisations reveal the microscopic world inside our bodies to a wide range of audiences. His animations have exhibited at venues such as the Guggenheim Museum, Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Royal Institute of Great Britain and the University of Geneva. In 2010 he received a MacArthur Fellowship "Genius Award".
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