What It Takes to Become a Druggist
13 November 2011
Pharmacist Mark Doyle stands in the pharmacy at McLanahan's Drug Store in Centre Hall, Pennsylvania
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Bob Doughty.
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And I’m Shirley Griffith. Today, we tell about a study that explores how we feel about future events. We also answer a question from Vietnam about pharmacists in the United States.
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BOB DOUGHTY: In a popular song, Bobby McFerrin sings, “Don’t worry. Be happy.” Since childhood we have been told, “See the glass as half full, rather than half empty.” And to “look on the bright side” and be hopeful, be optimistic.
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: But what about people who advise us not to “look at the world through rose-colored glasses?” They say we should be more realistic in what we expect to get out of life.
BOB DOUGHTY: A new study suggests that the way we feel about the future is controlled deep within our brains, and is not something we can easily change.
Tali Sharot of University College, London asked test subjects to think about both good and bad things that happen to people every day. Then the subjects were asked to estimate the chances of that event happening to them.
They considered negative events like learning they had cancer, or hearing that their car had been stolen. Or that their computers were broken and they had lost valuable information.
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