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Citizen Scientist:Out of the Lab And onto the Streets, Newscientist,July 1st, 2013
民間科學家：走出實驗室，走上街頭，新科學家科技雜志，2013年7月1日
For most of human history, there were two reasons why people tinkered with the natural world: to stay alive - or live better); or to satisfy their curiosity.
歷史上的大多數人改造自然界無非出于兩個原因：為了活著（或生活得更好）；或是為了滿足自己的好奇心。
From farming and building to creating telescopes, these endeavours sowed the seeds for science.
從耕種和蓋房到制造望遠鏡，這些努力都播下了科學的種子。
Over the centuries, science became institutionalized. At first, though, there was plenty of room for the unaffiliated amateur-the likes of Darwin or Einstein.
幾個世紀以來，科學變得制度化。起初，雖然那些獨立的業余科學愛好者有很大的自由空間，例如達爾文或愛因斯坦，
But eventually, firm boundaries were established: inside were professional scientists, out-side were... who exactly? Amateurs.
但科學最終建立了固定的邊界：在范圍內的是專業的科學家，外面的又究竟是誰呢？業余愛好者。
And over time those enthusiasts scouring beaches for fossils, or mixing concoctions in their garden sheds, came to be seen as lone eccentrics.
隨著時間的推移，那些愛好者在海灘上搜尋化石，在自己的花園工棚里調制混合物，被看作是孤獨的怪人。
But now there's a revolution going on. All you need is a bit of spare time, and stable telecommunications.
但現在正在進行一場革命。你需要的只是一點點空余的時間和穩定的通信。
Millions of us have access to swathes of scientific information thanks to the internet, open-access publishing and servers dishing up drafts of scientific papers before they are formally published.
成千上萬的人們可以了解到大量的科學信息，這要感謝互聯網、開放式發行物和服務器，它們能在那些科學論文正式出版前就上傳這些論文到網上。
Aside from sorting raw data and turning it into useful information, mass participation can help us collect desperately needed big data from hard-to-reach places.
除了對原始數據進行排序，并將其轉化為有用的信息外，廣大的參與者也可以幫助科學家從難以接觸的地方收集迫切需要的信息。
There are self-organized efforts, too, as individual log details about their own health, which are then fastidiously collected into Quantified Self projects. Such projects can help highlight unforeseen trends.
同時也可以自己進行組織，正如個人對自己的健康進行詳細的記錄，這些記錄會被“量化自我”的項目收入這些項目可以幫助凸顯一些不可預見的趨勢。
For example, the CureTogether website discovered that a subset of migraine sufferers were more likely to experience side effects when they took the migraine medication.Thank you.
例如共同治愈網站發現，當偏頭痛患者食用偏頭痛藥物舒馬曲坦時，有一小部分患者更有可能出現副作用。謝謝。
