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Now if you use the right kind of atoms and you get them cold enough, something truly bizarre happens.
如果使用正確的原子，并讓其足夠冷卻，奇跡就會發(fā)生。
It's no longer a solid, a liquid or a gas. It enters a new state of matter called a superfluid.
這些原子不再屬于固體、液體或氣體。這些原子進(jìn)入一種新的物質(zhì)狀態(tài)，叫做超流體。
The atoms lose their individual identity, and the rules from the quantum world take over, and that's what gives superfluids such spooky properties.
原子失去自己的個體性，量子的規(guī)則取而代之，開始發(fā)揮作用，這就讓超流體擁有了可怕的屬性。
For example, if you shine light through a superfluid, it is able to slow photons down to 60 kilometers per hour.
比如，如果你把光通過超流體，超流體可把光子變慢到60千米每小時。
Another spooky property is that it flows with absolutely no viscosity or friction, so if you were to take the lid off that bottle, it won't stay inside.
另一個可怕的屬性是超流體流動時沒有粘性或摩擦力，所以，如果你打開瓶蓋，它不會留在里面。
A thin film will creep up the inside wall, flow over the top and right out the outside.
一層薄膜會從內(nèi)壁往上爬，翻過瓶口流出來。
Now of course, the moment that it does hit the outside environment,
當(dāng)然，它接觸到外部環(huán)境的那一刻，
and its temperature rises by even a fraction of a degree, it immediately turns back into normal matter.
它的溫度就會上升哪怕一丁點(diǎn)，它就會立刻轉(zhuǎn)化回常態(tài)物質(zhì)。
Superfluids are one of the most fragile things we've ever discovered.
超流體是我們發(fā)現(xiàn)的最脆弱的物態(tài)之一。
And this is the great pleasure of science: the defeat of our intuition through experimentation.
科學(xué)的樂趣在于：運(yùn)用實(shí)驗(yàn)戰(zhàn)勝我們的直覺。
But the experiment is not the end of the story, because you still have to transmit that knowledge to other people.
但是實(shí)驗(yàn)不是故事的終點(diǎn)，因?yàn)槲覀內(nèi)匀恍枰堰@些知識介紹給他人。
I have a Ph.D in molecular biology. I still barely understand what most scientists are talking about.
我是分子生物學(xué)博士。但我還是不大懂多數(shù)科學(xué)家在說什么。
So as my friend was trying to explain that experiment, it seemed like the more he said, the less I understood.
就像我朋友當(dāng)時解釋那項(xiàng)實(shí)驗(yàn)一樣，我感覺他說的越多，我懂得越少。
Because if you're trying to give someone the big picture of a complex idea, to really capture its essence, the fewer words you use, the better.
因?yàn)槿绻阋o某人描述一個復(fù)雜想法的輪廓，讓他懂得其精髓，話說的越少越好。
In fact, the ideal may be to use no words at all. I remember thinking, my friend could have explained that entire experiment with a dance.
事實(shí)上，理想狀態(tài)是根本不用語言。我總是在想，我朋友當(dāng)時應(yīng)該用一支舞蹈來給我解釋那個實(shí)驗(yàn)。
Of course, there never seem to be any dancers around when you need them.
當(dāng)然，我們需要舞蹈演員時他們似乎總不在身邊。
