The trouble is too many politicians aren't interested in hard science.

问题是，太多政治家对实实在在的科学不感兴趣。

Economists are sometimes accused of having physics envy- that is, of coveting the precision of the hard sciences.

有时经济学家被指责“物理嫉妒”—即垂涎硬科学的精密度。

When I noticed this difference, I went to — here's my hard science word of the week — an otolaryngologist.

我注意到这一差别后，就去看了“otolaryngologist”——这是我这周的科学难词。

This week it's my turn to get stuck with the hard science word, so here goes: they're called arteriovenous anastomoses.

这周轮到我被科学高难度词汇卡住了，来试一下吧：它们叫作“动静脉吻合器”。

REPORTER: In comparison, the Super Soaker might not seem as hard science.

记者：相比之下，Super Soaker 似乎不是硬科学。

While animals have long been used to help treat mental health issues, there is no hard science to back up why it works.

虽然长期以来，人们一直通过动物来帮助治疗心理健康问题，但还没有自然科学能证实这一点。

This was and remains the primary means of communicating research for academics working in the hard sciences.

这过去是、现在仍然是硬科学领域学者交流研究成果的主要方式。

Fischman: Okay Tanya, you get the hard science word of the week.

Fischman：好的，Tanya，你得到了本周的硬科学词汇。

And I thought, geez, maybe I should put this hard science stuff aside and work on something fun like a water gun.

我想，哎呀，也许我应该把这些硬科学的东西放在一边，研究一些有趣的东西，比如水枪。

I'm incredibly grateful to have had Elysium sponsor this video, there are a perfect match of hard science and research-based product to have on this channel and video.

我非常感谢有 Elysium 赞助本视频，我们的频道与本期视频恰当展示了自然科学与科研型产品的完美匹配。

You know, there's the sort of cold, hard science on one side, and then there's the sort of dreamy whales-are-benevolent on the other side.

你知道，一方面是冷酷、硬的科学，另一方面是梦幻般的鲸鱼是仁慈的。

By this time his interests had developed beyond minerology into the harder sciences, particularly chemistry, but it was eventually physics which would prove his calling in years to come.

此时，他的兴趣已经从矿物学发展到更难的科学，特别是化学， 但最终物理学在未来几年证明了他的使命。

(everyone laughing) - That's another good, some people who study, especially the hard sciences, and then they get a job at Google or Facebook or something like that, - Yeah.

（每个人都笑了）- 这是另一个好处，有些人学习， 尤其是硬科学，然后他们在谷歌或 Facebook 或类似的公司找到了一份工作，- 是的。

Schmill, however, said the SAT is a good way for the MIT admissions department to see that a student is prepared for college even if they have not taken the hardest science and math classes.

然而，施米尔表示，SAT考试是麻省理工学院招生部门了解学生是否已经为大学做好准备的好方法，即使他们没有上过最难的科学课和数学课。

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