i just got civ3 and its great but no matter how much science my cities are generating it always takes 32 turns to discover an advance even on the easiest level. Please help!

You can always use the editor that comes with the game to reduce the minimum number of turns to research technology. Start the editor, deselect 'use default rules', go to the general rules tab and look for the field that has the minimum number of turns for doing research. Change it to any number you want (20 or 25 or whatever).

Are you changing the science bar in the Domestic Advisor screen?

thanks for the advice i appreciate it