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The scientific community needs to be involved in promoting science education, including evolution. So says the January issue of the FASEB Journal. FASEB is the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Sixteen other organizations also signed on to the recommendation, including the National Academy of Sciences and the American Institute of Physics. The article notes that the introduction of nonscience, such as creationism and intelligent design, undermines fundamentals of science education°?such as using the scientific method, understanding how to reach scientific consensus and telling scientific explanations for natural phenomena apart from nonscientific ones.
The article included a survey of a thousand likely US voters. Those able to answer simple questions about plate tectonics, proper antibiotic use and prehistory were far more likely to support evolution education. Said journal editor Gerald Weissman, °∞The bottom line is that the world is round, humans evolved from an extinct species, and Elvis is dead. This survey is a wake-up call for anyone who supports teaching information based on evidence rather than speculation or hope; people want to hear the truth, and they want to hear it from scientists.
Thanks for the minute, for Scientific Americans' 60-Second Science, I'm Steve Mirsky.
我的听写稿.红色为没听出来部分. The scientific communityneeds to be involved in promoting science education, including evolution. So says the January issue of the FASEB Journal.FASEB is the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Sixteenother organizations also signed on to the recommendation, including theNational Academy of Sciences and the American Institute of Physics. The articlenotes that the introduction of nonscience, such as creationismand intelligent design, undermines fundamentals of scienceeducation°?such as using the scientific method, understanding how to reachscientific consensus and telling scientificexplanations for natural phenomena apart fromnonscientific ones.
The article included asurvey of a thousand likely US voters. Those able to answer simple questionsabout plate tectonics, proper antibiotic use andprehistory were far more likely to support evolution education. Said journal editor Gerald Weissman, °∞The bottom line is that the world is round, humans evolvedfrom an extinct species, and Elvis is dead. Thissurvey is a wake-up call for anyone who supports teaching information based onevidence rather than speculation or hope; people wantto hear the truth, and they want to hear it from scientists.(mp3里没有这句.)
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute.
By now we°Øve all heard about the placebo affect:- just by thinking a pill will help cure what ails you, it often does. Well, it turns out doctors sometimes take advantage of the placebo affect. Yes, doctors - at least doctors in Chicago,- occasionally purposely prescribe placebos. That°Øs according to a study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
Of 231 internists in Chicago who answered a survey, 45 percent say they°Øve used placebos on occasion. The medicines of choice included antibiotics, vitamins, ibuprofen, and amounts of medication too small to be therapeutic. All prescribed for situations in which those pills shouldn1t have had an effect on the patient°Øs particular complaint.
About a third of the doctors told patients that the pills might help and certainly won°Øt hurt. About 20 percent simply tell them that it°Øs medicine. So even though prescribing placebos remains controversial, clearly some docs are doing it. Decades ago, physicians prescribed placebos to distinguish who had a real problem and who was faking it. Today, they recognize the reality of the mind-body connection, and that placebos can sometimes be just what the doctor ordered.
Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber.
This is ScientificAmerican's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute.
By now we°Øve all heardabout the placebo affect:- just by thinking apill will help cure what ails you, it oftendoes. Well, it turns out doctors sometimes take advantage of the placeboaffect. Yes, doctors - at least doctors in Chicago,- occasionally purposelyprescribe placebos. That°Øs according to a study in the Journal of GeneralInternal Medicine.
Of 231 internists in Chicago who answered a survey, 45percent say they°Øve used placebos on occasion. The medicines of choiceincluded antibiotics, vitamins, ibuprofen, andamounts of medication too small to be therapeutic.All prescribed for situations in which those pills shouldn1t have had an effecton the patient°Øs particular complaint.
About a thirdof thedoctors told patients that the pills might help and certainly won°Øt hurt.About 20 percent simply tell them that it°Øsmedicine. So even though prescribing placebos remains controversial, clearlysome docs are doing it. Decades ago, physicians prescribed placebos todistinguish who had a real problem and who was faking it. Today, they recognizethe reality of the mind-body connection, and that placebos can sometimes bejust what the doctor ordered.
Thanks for the minute,for Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber.
Placebo: aharmless pill, medicine, or procedure prescribed more for the psychologicalbenefit to the patient than for any physiological effect internists : aspecialist in internal medicine.