E.O. Wilson calls for an Encyclopedia of Life

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I have all my life wondered what "mind-boggling" meant.

Cijelog života pitao sam se što znači riječ "zapanjujuće".

After two days here, I declare myself boggled, and enormously impressed,

Nakon dva dana ovdje, tvrdim da sam zapanjen i silno impresioniran

and feel that you are one of the great hopes --

i osjećam da ste vi velika nada --

not just for American achievement in science and technology,

ne samo za američka dostignuća u znanosti i tehnologiji,

but for the whole world.

nego za cjelokupan svijet.

I've come, however, on a special mission on behalf of my constituency,

Međutim, ovdje sam na posebnom zadatku u ime svoje izborne jedinice,

which are the 10-to-the-18th-power -- that's a million trillion --

a to je 10 na osamnaestu -- to je milijun bilijuna

insects and other small creatures, and to make a plea for them.

kukaca i ostalih sitnih bića, kako bih se založio za njih.

If we were to wipe out insects alone, just that group alone, on this planet --

Ako bismo istrijebili samo kukce, samo tu jednu skupinu na planetu,

which we are trying hard to do --

što se jako trudimo učiniti,

the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land.

ostatak života, uključujući čovječanstvo, uglavnom bi nestao sa zemlje.

And within a few months.

I to za nekoliko mjeseci.

Now, how did I come to this particular position of advocacy?

A kako sam zauzeo ovu posebnu poziciju zalaganja?

As a little boy, and through my teenage years,

Kao dječak, i tijekom tinejdžerstva,

I became increasingly fascinated by the diversity of life.

sve više me opčinjavala raznolikost života.

I had a butterfly period, a snake period, a bird period, a fish period, a cave period

Imao sam fazu leptira, fazu zmija, fazu ptica, fazu riba, fazu pećina

and finally and definitively, an ant period.

te konačno, i definirajuće, fazu mrava.

By my college years, I was a devoted myrmecologist,

Do fakultetskog doba bio sam posvećeni mirmekolog,

a specialist on the biology of ants,

specijalist za biologiju mrava,

but my attention and research continued to make journeys

ali moja pažnja i istraživanja nastavili su vrludati

across the great variety of life on Earth in general --

velikom raznolikošću života na Zemlji općenito,

including all that it means to us as a species, how little we understand it

uključujući sve što to znači za nas kao vrstu; koliko malo ga razumijemo

and how pressing a danger that our activities have created for it.

i koliko prijeteća je opasnost po život stvorena našim aktivnostima.

Out of that broader study has emerged a concern and an ambition,

Iz tog širokog proučavanja proizašla je briga i ambicija,

crystallized in the wish that I'm about to make to you.

utjelovljena u želji koju ću sada poželjeti od vas.

My choice is the culmination of a lifetime commitment

Moj odabir je kulminacija cjeloživotne posvećenosti

that began with growing up on the Gulf Coast of Alabama, on the Florida peninsula.

koja je počela odrastanjem na Zaljevskoj obali Alabame, na poluotoku Florida.

As far back as I can remember, I was enchanted by the natural beauty of that region

Koliko me sjećanje služi, bio sam oduševljen prirodnim ljepotama regije

and the almost tropical exuberance of the plants and animals that grow there.

i gotovo tropskim bogatstvom biljaka i životinja koje rastu i obitavaju ondje.

One day when I was only seven years old and fishing,

Jednog dana kada sam imao samo sedam godina, pecao sam

I pulled a "pinfish," they're called, with sharp dorsal spines, up too hard and fast,

i izvukao prebrzo "ribu-iglu", kako je zovu, oštrih leđnih bodlji,

and I blinded myself in one eye.

i oslijepio sam na jedno oko.

I later discovered I was also hard of hearing,

Poslije sam otkrio da također slabo čujem,

possibly congenitally, in the upper registers.

vjerojatno nasljedno, frekvencije višeg registra.

So in planning to be a professional naturalist --

I tako, planirajući postati profesionalnim prirodnjakom,

I never considered anything else in my entire life --

nikada ništa drugo nije ozbiljno dolazilo u obzir cijelog mog života,

I found that I was lousy at bird watching and couldn't track frog calls either.

otkrio sam da sam loš u promatranju ptica te da ne mogu pratiti niti žablje zvukove.

So I turned to the teeming small creatures

Zato sam se okrenuo bujajućim sitnim bićima

that can be held between the thumb and forefinger:

koje možete držati između palca i kažiprsta:

the little things that compose the foundation of our ecosystems,

malim stvarima koje čine temelj naših ekosustava,

the little things, as I like to say, who run the world.

malim stvarima koje, kako volim reći, pokreću naš svijet.

In so doing, I reached a frontier of biology so strange, so rich,

U tom zanimanju dosegao sam tako čudan rub biologije, tako bogat,

that it seemed as though it exists on another planet.

da se činilo gotovo kao da postoji na drugom planetu.

In fact, we live on a mostly unexplored planet.

Zapravo, mi živimo na uglavnom neistraženom planetu.

The great majority of organisms on Earth remain unknown to science.

Velika većina organizama na Zemlji ostaje nepoznata znanosti.

In the last 30 years, thanks to explorations in remote parts of the world

Posljednjih 30 godina, zahvaljujući istraživanjima zabačenih dijelova svijeta

and advances in technology,

te tehnološkom napretku,

biologists have, for example, added a full one-third of the known frog and other amphibian species,

biolozi su za trećinu uvećali broj poznatih žabljih i drugih vodozemnih vrsta

to bring the current total to 5,400,

i sada je ukupan broj 5400 vrsta,

and more continue to pour in.

a nove se stalno pojavljuju.

Two new kinds of whales have been discovered, along with two new antelopes,

Otkrili smo dvije nove vrste kita, kao i dvije nove antilope,

dozens of monkey species and a new kind of elephant --

desetke vrsta majmuna te novu vrstu slona --

and even a distinct kind of gorilla.

pa čak i posebnu vrstu gorile.

At the extreme opposite end of the size scale, the class of marine bacteria,

Na posve suprotnom kraju skale veličine, klasa morskih bakterija,

the Prochlorococci -- that will be on the final exam --

Prochlorococci -- to će biti u završnom ispitu --

although discovered only in 1988, are now recognized as likely the most abundant organisms on Earth,

iako je otkrivena 1988. godine, sada je prepoznata kao najrašireniji organizam,

and moreover, responsible for a large part of the photosynthesis that occurs in the ocean.

štoviše, odgovorna je za najveći dio fotosinteze koja se događa u oceanu.

These bacteria were not uncovered sooner

Ovu bakteriju nije bilo moguće otkriti ranije

because they are also among the smallest of all Earth's organisms --

zato što su među najmanjim organizmima na Zemlji --

so minute that they cannot be seen with conventional optical microscopy.

tako sitne da ih se ne može vidjeti uobičajenom optičkom mikroskopijom.

Yet life in the sea may depend on these tiny creatures.

Pa ipak, život u moru ovisi o tim sitnim stvorenjima.

These examples are just the first glimpse of our ignorance of life on this planet.

Ovakvi primjeri tek su mali uvid u naše neznanje o životu na planetu.

Consider the fungi -- including mushrooms, rusts, molds and many disease-causing organisms.

Zamislite gljive -- pečurke, plijesan, i mnoge organizme koji izazivaju bolesti.

60,000 species are known to science,

Znanosti je poznato 60 000 takvih vrsta,

but more than 1.5 million have been estimated to exist.

a procjenjuje se da ih postoji 1,5 milijun.

Consider the nematode roundworm, the most abundant of all animals.

Zamislite puža oblića, najrasprostranjeniju od svih životinja.

Four out of five animals on Earth are nematode worms --

Četiri od pet životinja na Zemlji su puževi oblići --

ako bismo odstranili sve čvrste tvari osim tih puževa,

if all solid materials except nematode worms were to be eliminated,

you could still see the ghostly outline of most of it in nematode worms.

i dalje biste mogli vidjeti obrise većine tvari u puževima oblićima.

About 16,000 species of nematode worms

Oko 16 000 vrsta puževa oblića

have been discovered and diagnosed by scientists;

otkrili su i dijagnosticirali znanstvenici;

there could be hundreds of thousands of them, even millions, still unknown.

moglo bi ih biti stotine tisuća, čak i milijuna, i dalje nepoznatih.

This vast domain of hidden biodiversity is increased still further

Ovo široko područje skrivene bioraznolikosti se još uvećava

by the dark matter of the biological world of bacteria,

tamnom tvari biološkog svijeta bakterija,

which within just the last several years

unutar koje je u zadnjih nekoliko godina

still were known from only about 6,000 species of bacteria worldwide.

bilo poznato tek 6000 bakterija u cijelom svijetu.

But that number of bacteria species can be found in one gram of soil,

Ali taj broj bakterijskih vrsta može se pronaći u jednom gramu zemlje,

just a little handful of soil, in the 10 billion bacteria that would be there.

u samo maloj šaci zemlje, od 10 milijardi bakterija koje možda postoje.

It's been estimated that a single ton of soil -- fertile soil --

Procjenjuje se da jedna tona zemlje -- plodne zemlje --

contains approximately four million species of bacteria, all unknown.

sadrži oko 4 milijuna vrsta bakterija, i sve su nepoznate.

So the question is: what are they all doing?

Pa se pitamo: što one rade?

The fact is, we don't know.

Činjenica je da to ne znamo.

We are living on a planet with a lot of activities, with reference to our living environment,

Živimo na planetu punom aktivnosti koje se odnose na naše životno okruženje,

done by faith and guess alone.

u koje samo vjerujemo i o kojima nagađamo.

Our lives depend upon these creatures.

Naši životi ovise o tim bićima.

To take an example close to home: there are over 500 species of bacteria now known --

Uzmimo blizak primjer: postoji preko 500 vrsta trenutno poznatih bakterija --

friendly bacteria -- living symbiotically in your mouth and throat

dobrih bakterija -- koje simbiotski žive u vašim ustima i grlu,

probably necessary to your health for holding off pathogenic bacteria.

a koje su vjerojatno nužne za zdravlje jer odbijaju patogene bakterije.

At this point I think we have a little impressionistic film

A sada ćemo vidjeti kratak impresionistički film

that was made especially for this occasion.

snimljen posebno za ovu prigodu.

And I'd like to show it.

Volio bih vam ga pokazati.

Assisted in this by Billie Holiday.

Pritom će mi pomoći Billie Holiday.

(Video)

(Filmska snimka)

And that may be just the beginning!

A ovo bi mogao biti tek početak!

The viruses, those quasi-organisms among which are the prophages,

Virusi, ti pseudoorganizmi, kao što su profagi,

the gene weavers that promote the continued evolution in the lives of the bacteria,

pletači gena koji promiču evoluciju u životima bakterija,

are a virtually unknown frontier of modern biology, a world unto themselves.

gotovo su sasvim nepoznat rub moderne biologije, svijet su za sebe.

What constitutes a viral species is still unresolved,

Još nije razriješeno ni što sačinjava vrstu virusa,

although they're obviously of enormous importance to us.

iako je očito da su od ogromne važnosti za nas.

But this much we can say: the variety of genes on the planet in viruses

Ali ovoliko možemo reći: raznovrsnost gena na planetu sadržana u virusima

exceeds, or is likely to exceed, that in all of the rest of life combined.

premašuje, ili vjerojatno premašuje raznovrsnost u svim ostalim oblicima života.

Nowadays, in addressing microbial biodiversity,

Kada danas pogledamo bioraznolikost mikroba,

scientists are like explorers in a rowboat launched onto the Pacific Ocean.

znanstvenici su poput istraživača u čamcu na vesla koji pluta Tihim oceanom.

But that is changing rapidly with the aid of new genomic technology.

Ali to se brzo mijenja pomoću nove genomske tehnologije.

Already it is possible to sequence the entire genetic code of a bacterium in under four hours.

Već sada je moguće izdvojiti cijeli genski kôd bakterije za manje od 4 sata.

Soon we will be in a position to go forth in the field with sequencers on our backs --

Uskoro ćemo moći napredovati na tom polju pomoću uređaja na vlastitim leđima --

to hunt bacteria in tiny crevices of the habitat's surface

kako bismo hvatali bakterije u sitnim prorezima na površini životnog prostora,

in the way you go watching for birds with binoculars.

isto kao što promatramo ptice dvogledom.

What will we find as we map the living world, as, finally, we get this underway seriously?

Što li ćemo pronaći mapirajući živi svijet kada napokon pristupimo tome ozbiljno?

As we move past the relatively gigantic mammals, birds, frogs and plants

Kako se udaljavamo od prilično krupnih sisavaca, ptica, žaba i biljaka

to the more elusive insects and other small invertebrates and then beyond

prema zagonetnijim kukcima i drugim sitnim beskralježnjacima,

to the countless millions of organisms in the invisible living world

te dalje prema milijunima organizama u nevidljivom živom svijetu,

enveloped and living within humanity?

učahurenima unutar čovječanstva?

Already what were thought to be bacteria for generations

Već ono što smo generacijama smatrali bakterijama,

have been found to compose, instead, two great domains of microorganisms:

umjesto toga, otkrili smo, dva su velika svijeta mikroorganizama:

true bacteria and one-celled organisms the archaea,

prave bakterije i jednostanični organizmi, arheje,

which are closer than other bacteria to the eukaryota, the group that we belong to.

koji su bliži eukariotima od ostalih bakterija; skupini kojoj mi pripadamo.

Some serious biologists, and I count myself among them,

Neki ozbiljni biolozi, a i sebe smatram takvim,

have begun to wonder that among the enormous and still unknown diversity of microorganisms,

počeli su sumnjati da među ogromnom i još nepoznatom raznolikošću mikroorganizama

one might -- just might -- find aliens among them.

moglo bi se naći -- možda -- naći izvanzemaljce.

True aliens, stocks that arrived from outer space.

Pravi izvanzemaljci, vrste pristigle iz svemira.

They've had billions of years to do it,

Imale su milijarde godina da to učine,

but especially during the earliest period of biological evolution on this planet.

posebno tijekom najranijeg razdoblja biološke evolucije na ovom planetu.

We do know that some bacterial species that have earthly origin

Doista znamo da neke bakterijske vrste zemaljskog porijekla

are capable of almost unimaginable extremes of temperature

mogu izdržati gotovo nezamislive temperaturne raspone

and other harsh changes in environment,

i druge okrutne promjene u okolišu,

including hard radiation strong enough and maintained long enough to crack the Pyrex vessels

uključujući radijaciju dovoljno snažnu i trajnu da slomi otporne posude od stakla

around the growing population of bacteria.

uokolo rastuće populacije bakterija.

There may be a temptation to treat the biosphere holistically

Postoji izazov da biosferu promatramo holistički,

and the species that compose it as a great flux of entities

a vrste koje ju čine kao veliki niz entiteta

hardly worth distinguishing one from the other.

koje jedva da uopće vrijedi razlikovati.

But each of these species, even the tiniest Prochlorococci,

Ali svaka od tih vrsta, čak i najsitniji Prochlorococci,

are masterpieces of evolution.

remek-djela su evolucije.

Each has persisted for thousands to millions of years.

Svaka je opstala tisuće i milijune godina.

Each is exquisitely adapted to the environment in which it lives,

Svaka je izvrsno prilagođena okolišu u kojem živi,

interlocked with other species to form ecosystems upon which our own lives depend

povezana s drugim vrstama kako bi oformile ekosustave o kojima naši životi ovise

in ways we have not begun even to imagine.

na načine koje još nismo niti počeli spoznavati.

We will destroy these ecosystems and the species composing them

Uništit ćemo te ekosustave i vrste koje ih stvaraju

at the peril of our own existence --

na štetu našeg vlastitog postojanja --

and unfortunately we are destroying them with ingenuity and ceaseless energy.

a na nesreću, uništavamo ih vješto te neiscrpnom energijom.

My own epiphany as a conservationist came in 1953, while a Harvard graduate student,

Doživio sam prosvjetljenje zalažući se za očuvanje vrsta 1953. kao student Harvarda,

tragajući za rijetkim mravima u planinskim šumama Kube,

searching for rare ants found in the mountain forests of Cuba,

ants that shine in the sunlight --

mravima koji sjaje na Sunčevoj svjetlosti

metallic green or metallic blue, according to species, and one species, I discovered, metallic gold.

metalno zeleno i plavo, već prema vrsti, a jedna vrsta, otkrio sam, metalno zlatno.

I found my magical ants, but only after a tough climb into the mountains

Našao sam svoje čarobne mrave, ali tek nakon napornog uspona u planine

where the last of the native Cuban forests hung on,

gdje su se još održale posljednje kubanske prašume,

and were then -- and still are -- being cut back.

i već tada -- a i sada -- bile su uveliko posječene.

I realized then that these species

Tada sam shvatio da ove vrste,

and a large part of the other unique, marvelous animals and plants on that island --

i velik broj drugih jedinstvenih, čudesnih životinja i biljaka na tom otoku,

and this is true of practically every part of the world --

a ovo vrijedi za gotovo svaki dio svijeta

which took millions of years to evolve, are in the process of disappearing forever.

kojemu je trebalo milijune godina da se razvije, su u procesu trajnog nestanka.

And so it is everywhere one looks.

I to se događa kamo god pogledamo.

The human juggernaut is permanently eroding Earth's ancient biosphere by a combination of forces

Ljudska sila trajno uništava prastaru biosferu Zemlje kombiniranim silama

that can be summarized by the acronym "HIPPO," the animal hippo.

koje se mogu podvesti pod kraticu "HIPPO", kao životinja hippo (nilski konj).

H is for habitat destruction, including climate change forced by greenhouse gases.

H je uništenje staništa (habitata) klimatskim promjenama uslijed stakleničkih plinova.

I is for the invasive species like the fire ants, the zebra mussels, broom grasses

I su invazivne vrste kao vatreni mravi, zebraste školjke, otrovne trave,

and pathogenic bacteria and viruses that are flooding every country, and at an exponential rate -- that's the I.

patogene bakterije i virusi koji napadaju svaku zemlju eksponencijalnim rastom.

The P, the first one in "HIPPO," is for pollution.

Prvo P u "HIPPO" je zagađenje (pollution).

The second is for continued population, human population expansion.

Drugo P je stalno rastuća populacija, širenje ljudske populacije.

And the final letter is O, for over-harvesting --

I konačno, slovo O je za prekomjerno (over) ubiranje plodova zemlje,

driving species into extinction by excessive hunting and fishing.

što vodi vrste u izumiranje prekomjernim lovom te izlovom ribe.

The HIPPO juggernaut we have created, if unabated, is destined --

Ta HIPPO sila koju smo stvorili, ako je ne zauzdamo,

according to the best estimates of ongoing biodiversity research --

prema najboljim procjenama stalnog istraživanja bioraznolikosti --

to reduce half of Earth's still surviving animal and plant species

dovest će polovicu preostalih životinjskih i biljnih vrsta na Zemlji

to extinction or critical endangerment by the end of the century.

do izumiranja ili kritičnog ugrožavanja do kraja ovog stoljeća.

Human-forced climate change alone -- again, if unabated --

Samo ljudski izazvane klimatske promjene -- opet, ako ih ne zauzdamo --

could eliminate a quarter of surviving species during the next five decades.

mogle bi odstraniti četvrtinu preživjelih vrsta u sljedećih pet desetljeća.

What will we and all future generations lose

Što ćemo mi i svi budući uzrasti izgubiti

if much of the living environment is thus degraded?

ako ovako unazadimo naš životni okoliš?

Huge potential sources of scientific information yet to be gathered,

Ogromne moguće izvore znanstvenih podataka koje tek treba prikupiti,

much of our environmental stability

veći dio stabilnosti našeg okoliša

and new kinds of pharmaceuticals and new products of unimaginable strength and value --

i nove vrste lijekova te novih proizvoda nezamislive snage i vrijednosti --

all thrown away.

sve ćemo to odbaciti.

The loss will inflict a heavy price

Za taj gubitak platit ćemo visoku cijenu

in wealth, security and yes, spirituality for all time to come,

u zdravlju, sigurnosti, da, i u duhovnosti za sva buduća vremena,

because previous cataclysms of this kind --

zato što je nakon prethodnih kataklizmi ove vrste,

the last one, that ended the age of dinosaurs --

posljednja je dokrajčila doba dinosaura,

took, normally, five to 10 million years to repair.

trebalo 5 do 10 milijuna godina da se popravi šteta.

Sadly, our knowledge of biodiversity is so incomplete

Nažalost, naše znanje o bioraznolikosti je toliko nepotpuno,

that we are at risk of losing a great deal of it before it is even discovered.

da riskiramo izgubiti velik dio prije nego što ga uopće otkrijemo.

For example, even in the United States, the 200,000 species known currently

Primjerice, čak i u SAD-u, 200 000 vrsta koje trenutno poznajemo

actually has been found to be only partial in coverage;

zapravo smo samo djelomice proučili

it is mostly unknown to us in basic biology.

i većinom su nam nedostupne u osnovnoj biologiji.

Only about 15 percent of the known species have been studied well enough to evaluate their status.

Tek 15 posto poznatih vrsta proučeno je dovoljno da bismo im vrednovali status.

Of the 15 percent evaluated, 20 percent are classified as "in peril,"

Od 15 posto vrednovanih, 20 posto je proglašeno "u opasnosti",

that is, in danger of extinction.

to jest, pod prijetnjom izumiranja.

That's in the United States.

To se odnosi na SAD.

We are, in short, flying blind into our environmental future.

Ukratko, slijepi letimo u budućnost našeg okoliša.

We urgently need to change this.

Ovo hitno moramo promijeniti.

We need to have the biosphere properly explored

Moramo temeljito istražiti biosferu

so that we can understand and competently manage it.

kako bismo je razumjeli te ispravno upravljali njome.

We need to settle down before we wreck the planet.

Moramo se suspregnuti prije nego što razorimo planet.

And we need that knowledge.

A potrebno nam je to znanje.

This should be a big science project equivalent to the Human Genome Project.

Ovo bi trebao postati veliki znanstveni projekt poput Projekta ljudskog genoma.

It should be thought of as a biological moonshot with a timetable.

Trebalo bi ga smatrati biološkim letom na Mjesec s točnim rasporedom.

So this brings me to my wish for TEDsters,

A to me dovodi do moje želje za TED-ovce

and to anyone else around the world who hears this talk.

i za svakoga na svijetu tko sluša ovaj govor.

I wish we will work together to help create the key tools

Želim da surađujemo kako bismo stvorili ključne alate

that we need to inspire preservation of Earth's biodiversity.

koje trebamo da bismo nadahnuli očuvanje bioraznolikosti planeta.

And let us call it the "Encyclopedia of Life."

Nazovimo to "Enciklopedijom života".

What is the "Encyclopedia of Life?" A concept that has already taken hold

Što je Enciklopedija života? Ideja koja je već zaživjela

and is beginning to spread and be looked at seriously?

i počinje se širiti i uzimati zaozbiljno?

It is an encyclopedia that lives on the Internet

To je enciklopedija koja živi na internetu

and is contributed to by thousands of scientists around the world.

i kojoj doprinosi tisuće znanstvenika iz cijelog svijeta.

Amateurs can do it also.

Laici također mogu doprinijeti.

It has an indefinitely expandable page for each species.

Ima beskonačno proširivu stranicu za svaku vrstu.

It makes all key information about life on Earth accessible to anyone,

Čini ključne podatke o životu na Zemlji pristupačne svakome,

on demand, anywhere in the world.

na zahtjev, bilo gdje u svijetu.

I've written about this idea before,

Pisao sam ranije o ovoj ideji

and I know there are people in this room who have expended significant effort on it in the past.

i znam da ovdje ima ljudi koji su do sada uložili u nju značajne napore.

But what excites me is that since I first put forward this particular idea in that form,

Ali uzbuđuje me, otkad sam prvi put uobličio ovu ideju,

science has advanced.

da je znanost je napredovala.

Technology has moved forward.

Tehnologija je napredovala.

Today, the practicalities of making such an encyclopedia,

Danas, praksa sastavljanja takve enciklopedije,

regardless of the magnitude of the information put into it, are within reach.

bez obzira na obim unesenih podataka, je nadohvat ruke.

Indeed, in the past year, a group of influential scientific institutions

Uistinu, prošle godine skupina utjecajnih znanstvenih institucija

have begun mobilizing to realize this dream.

počela se pokretati u smjeru ostvarenja ovoga sna.

I wish you would help them.

Volio bih da im pomognete.

Working together, we can make this real.

Radeći zajedno, možemo ovo ostvariti.

The encyclopedia will quickly pay for itself in practical applications.

Enciklopedija će se brzo isplatiti svojom primjenom u praksi.

It will address transcendent qualities in the human consciousness, and sense of human need.

Obuhvatit će uzvišene osobine ljudske svijesti i osjećaj ljudske potrebe.

It will transform the science of biology in ways of obvious benefit to humanity.

Preoblikovat će znanost biologije na načine očite koristi čovječanstvu.

And most of all, it can inspire a new generation of biologists

A ponajviše bi mogla nadahnuti novi naraštaj biologa

to continue the quest that started, for me personally, 60 years ago:

da nastave pothvat koji sam započeo prije 60 godina:

to search for life, to understand it and finally, above all, to preserve it.

potragu za životom, za razumijevanjem života i konačno, za njegovim očuvanjem.

That is my wish. Thank you.

To je moja želja. Hvala.