TASK DEFINITION: In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.
PROBLEM: Benzer and Hirsch 's competing philosophies served to provide necessary scientific tension in order to accelerate and enhance developments in behavioral genetics , helping it gain traction as a legitimate area of study in the scientific community .

SOLUTION: Benzer and Hirsch 's competing philosophies developed behavioral genetics , and helped it become a legitimate area of study in the scientific community .

PROBLEM: Substance abuse , also known as drug abuse , is a patterned use of a drug in which the user consumes the substance in amounts or with methods which are harmful to themselves or others , and is a form of substance-related disorder .

SOLUTION: Substance abuse , or drug abuse , happens when a person uses a drug over and over again , in ways that hurt their health .

PROBLEM: The main myth concerning them is envisioned to account for their collective name and to provide an etiology for their weepy raininess : Hyas was killed in a hunting accident and the Hyades wept from their grief .

SOLUTION:
The main story is that Hyas was killed in a hunting accident , so the Hyades wept because of their grief .