That would have meant wasted work if they had hit a problem, but also that scientists got stuff done much faster than usual.

这意味着如果他们遇到了问题，那么工作就白做了，但也意味着科学家们完成工作的速度比平时快了许多。

So, you know, if you're not doing work and you have energy, you might kind of waste the work by generating heat.

所以，你知道，如果你不做功而你有能量，你可能会通过产生热量来浪费工作。