Cornell researchers have discovered the secret to their evolutionary longevity: they are microscopic escape artists.

现在康奈尔大学的研究人员发现了他们进化长寿的秘密：他们是微小的逃跑艺术家。

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Escape artists perform their stunts by breaking free from something, such as a locked box, chains and handcuffs, or a closed tank that is filled with water.

脱逃术艺人透过挣脱某物的禁锢来展现他们的特技，这些物品包括上锁的箱子、锁炼及手铐、亦或是装满水的密闭水缸。

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No artists or performers can escape the solicitation of honor, which brings them endless compliment and esteem, but the cost is expensive.

没有一位艺术家或表演家能完全逃避荣誉的引诱，荣誉给他们带来无穷的赞扬和崇敬，但他们要付出的代价也是非常昂贵的。

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Into the chaos, the fumbling in the dark, an order is imposed as people form circles around performers, a troupe of acrobats, jugglers and escape artists, a comedian, a group of musicians, a story-teller... this is trial by public jury: if the performance falls flat, the tricks fail to amuse or the stories to amaze, the crowds move on.

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The small town has been here for more than 1, 500 years, perched on a dramatic cliff top 1000-feet above the sea, and in the past few centuries has garnered a reputation as a popular escape for creative artists and musicians: Ravello has been a home away from home to Wagner, Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Greta Garbo, Graham Greene, Leonard Bernstein and M.

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But first these artists needed to escape.

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