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ArielWaldman:WhatCanWeLearnFromMicroscopicLifeInAntarctica?

阿里尔·瓦尔德曼:我们能从南极的微生物身上学到什么?

ManypeoplethinkofAntarcticaasdesolate.ButwildlifefilmmakerArielWaldmansaysthecoldestcontinentisbrimming盛满withinvisiblelife—thatcanonlybeseenthroughmicroscopes.

许多人认为南极洲是荒凉的。但野生动物电影制片人阿里尔·瓦尔德曼(ArielWaldman)表示，这片最寒冷的大陆上到处都是看不见的生命，只有通过显微镜才能看到它们。

ArielWaldmanisawildlifefilmmakerwhoseworkcapturesmicroscopiclifeinAntarctica.SheisalsothechairofNASAsInnovativeAdvancedConceptsprojectfordevelopinglong-termaerospacetravelprograms.

阿里尔·瓦尔德曼(ArielWaldman)是一位野生动物制片人，他的工作是捕捉南极洲的微小生命。她也是美国宇航局创新先进概念项目的主席，该项目致力于开发长期的航空航天旅行项目。

WaldmanwrotetheNationalAcademyofSciencesreportonthefutureofhumanspaceflight,andthesciencebookWhatsItLikeInSpace?:StoriesfromAstronautsWhoveBeenThere.

瓦尔德曼撰写了美国国家科学院关于人类太空飞行未来的报告，并出版了科学书籍《太空是什么样子的?》:宇航员的故事。

SheservesastheglobaldirectorofScienceHackDay,agrassrootsendeavorto"makeweird,sillyorseriousthingswithscience."ShewasalsothehostandproducerofOffworld,ashowonAdamSavagesTested.In,shereceivedanhonorfromtheObamaWhiteHouseforbeingaChampionofChangeinscience.

她是科学黑客日(ScienceHackDay)的全球总监，这是一个草根组织，致力于“用科学制造怪异、愚蠢或严肃的事情”。她也是亚当·萨维奇的测试节目“外世界”的主持人和制片人。年，她因倡导科学变革而获得奥巴马政府颁发的荣誉。

WaldmanisagraduateoftheArtInstituteofPittsburgh.

瓦尔德曼毕业于匹兹堡艺术学院。

MANOUSHZOMORODI,HOST:

ItstheTEDRadioHourfromNPR.ImManoushZomorodi.Today,ontheshow,weareventuringThroughtheLookingGlass,extendingourperception知觉andexploringstrangenewworlds,includinghereonEarth.

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ARIELWALDMAN:SowhenyoulandonthepackedsnowrunwayinMcMurdo,yeah,youdontseeanything.Itsjustsnow.Sotheresnotrees.Theresnobushes.Theresnograss.Theresnoneofthat.

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WALDMAN:MostpeoplethinkofAntarcticaasreallydesolate.Youknow,itscoveredwithoveramileoficeinmanylocations.Itsthecoldestcontinent.Itsalsoextremelydry.Itsapolardesert.ButthethingthatIfeellikealotofpeopledontknowaboutAntarcticaisthatitsreallybrimmingwithlifeinalotofdifferentlocations.Itsjustthatmostofitisinvisibletous.Youwouldneedtohaveamicroscopeinordertoseethem.

ZOMORODI:ThisisArielWaldman.Shesawildlifefilmmakeratthemicrobial微生物的scale.

WALDMAN:AndImanadvisertoNASA,andImalsoanAntarcticexplorer.

ZOMORODI:ArielfirstbecameinterestedinAntarcticmicrobesbackin.ShewasworkingwithNASA,andshemetastrobiologists天体生物学家whostudyAntarcticasextremeconditionsandthelifeformsthatactuallythrive兴旺there.

WALDMAN:IhadlearnedthatalotofbiologistsgotoAntarctica,buttheyveryrarelyevertakeanyphotosorvideosofthecreaturesthattheystudythere.AndsoIkindofsawanopportunitytoreallyhelpbothscientistsandhelppeople,youknow,aroundtheworldactuallygettoseeallthisamazingstuff.

ZOMORODI:Sothatrealization-thatiswhatinspiredyoutobasicallybe