This is Scientific American's Science, Quickly. I'm Joseph Polidoro.

这里是《科学美国人》的《科学快报》，我是约瑟夫·波利多罗。

I'm Joseph Polidoro, and you're listening to Science, Quickly.

我是约瑟夫·波利多罗，您现在收听的是《科学快报》。

Polidoro: How minute is that delay?

波利多罗：延迟有多分钟？

Polidoro: Then, by chance, Carlos met Austin–and saw footage from Austin's shark-mounted cameras.

波利多罗：然后，卡洛斯偶然遇到了奥斯汀——并看到了奥斯汀安装在鲨鱼身上的摄像机的镜头。

Polidoro: For decades, Carlos had suspected that the Bahama Banks might host an enormous seagrass habitat.

波利多罗：几十年来，卡洛斯一直怀疑巴哈马浅滩可能拥有巨大的海草栖息地。

Polidoro: That's about the size of Portugal and nearly 40 times the size of original estimates.

Polidoro：这大约相当于葡萄牙的面积，是最初估计的近 40 倍。

Polidoro: For example, our ability to hear such small timing differences.

Polidoro：例如，我们能够听到如此小的时间差异。

Polidoro: Our brain even may have evolved for music.

波利多罗：我们的大脑甚至可能是为了音乐而进化的。

Polidoro: Bu the way — ground-truthing is establishing the on-the-ground truth by direct observation.

Polidoro：顺便说一句——实地考察是通过直接观察来确定实地实况。

Polidoro: Carlos Duarte is a marine ecologist at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia.

Polidoro：Carlos Duarte 是沙特阿拉伯阿卜杜拉国王科技大学的海洋生态学家。

Polidoro: Carlos had found his ground-truthers.

Polidoro：Carlos 已经找到了他的地面真相。

Polidoro: Sound is deeply connected to how we interact with the world and with each other.

Polidoro：声音与我们与世界以及彼此之间的互动方式密切相关。

Polidoro: Austin Gallagher is a marine biologist and CEO of Beneath the Waves, an ocean conservation nonprofit.

Polidoro：Austin Gallagher 是一位海洋生物学家，也是海洋保护非营利组织 Beneath the Waves 的首席执行官。

Polidoro: The team's work also puts sharks in a new, more flattering light.

Polidoro：该团队的工作还使鲨鱼焕然一新，更加讨人喜欢。

Polidoro: Once the shark is secured ... Gallagher: Well it's actually kind of amazing.

Polidoro：一旦鲨鱼被保护起来… … Gallagher：嗯，这实际上有点令人惊奇。

Polidoro: But how do you collaborate with a large carnivorous shark?

Polidoro：但是你如何与大型食肉鲨鱼合作呢？

Polidoro: In Theo's field of nonlinear dynamics, synchronization is a central topic.

Polidoro：在 Theo 的非线性动力学领域，同步是一个中心主题。

Polidoro: In 12 minutes on average for each shark, the team took measurements, collected blood samples and installed the recording equipment.

Polidoro：团队平均用 12 分钟为每条鲨鱼进行测量、采集血样并安装记录设备。

Polidoro: That sounds a lot like jazz musicians preferring soloist delays without perceiving them as delays.

波利多罗：这听起来很像爵士音乐家更喜欢独奏延迟，而不认为它们是延迟。

Polidoro: That's Nina's lab—the Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory at Northwestern University's School of Communication, where she is a professor of neurobiology and otolaryngology.

波利多罗：那是尼娜的实验室——西北大学传播学院的听觉神经科学实验室，她是那里的神经生物学和耳鼻喉科教授。