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The things everyone should know about time.

關(guān)于時(shí)間，每個(gè)人都該知道的事。

Aging can be reversed.

衰老的過程是可逆的。

We all grow old, part of the general trend toward growing disorder.

我們都會老去，這也是這世界走向無序的趨勢的一部分。

But it’s only the universe as a whole that must increase in entropy, not every individual piece of it. (Otherwise it would be impossible to build a refrigerator.)

但必然的熵增是針對整個(gè)宇宙而言，對宇宙的個(gè)別部分而言并非必然如此（否則我們就不可能造出冰箱了）。

Reversing the arrow of time for living organisms is a technological challenge, not a physical impossibility. And we’re making progress on a few fronts: stem cells, yeast, and even mice and human muscle tissue.

倒轉(zhuǎn)有機(jī)體的時(shí)間流逝只是一項(xiàng)技術(shù)挑戰(zhàn)，從物理學(xué)角度來說并不是不可能的。并且在某些有機(jī)體上我們已經(jīng)取得了一些進(jìn)展：干細(xì)胞，酵母菌，甚至老鼠和人體肌肉組織。

As one biologist told me:“You and I won’t live forever. But as for our grandkids, I’m not placing any bets.”

一位生物學(xué)家曾告訴我：“你我肯定不會永生，但我們的孫輩就不一定了。”

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