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'We argued that the global situation was abnormal,' Rachel Bronson, president and CEO of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, said during the press conference of the decision to keep last year's Clock the same, but noted that nuclear and climate situations are 'worsening.' Astrophysicist Robert Rosner, who also sits on the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, said 'the fact that the clock is now a mere 100 seconds from midnight signals really bad news. What we said last year is now a disturbing reality in that things are not getting better.' Rosner added that a particular concern is the undermining of the public's ability to understand what's true from what's false.
If you're not a comic book fan, there's a chance you didn't even catch Doomsday's name.
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'Past experience has taught us that even in the most dismal periods of the Cold War, we can come together. It is high time we do so again.' Sharon Squassoni, Georgetown University professor and member of the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, noted how extreme the nuclear weapons situation has become. She cited the recent collapse of the Iran nuclear deal, the reemergence of North Korea's nuclear capabilities and the continued buildout of weapons from the U.S., Russia and China.' In sum, the situation is extremely dangerous and demands an emergency response,' Squassoni said.Sivan Kartha, a senior scientist at the Stockholm Environment Institute, noted that time is running out for the planet to get to the emissions goals set at the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. 'Emissions need to head towards zero,' Kartha said, adding, 'there's no question this is an emergency.' The Clock, which warns of impending disasters and takes into account nuclear weapons, rising geopolitical tensions, as well as changes to the environment, was created in 1947 at the beginning of the arms race between the U.S.
And the then-Soviet Union.Since 2007, climate change has been a factor in the groups' decisions.In 2018, BAS to two minutes to midnight, citing President Trump’s proactive rhetoric toward fellow global powers, North Korea’s continuing nuclear weapon and ballistic missile tests and heightened tensions between the U.S. And Russia.The clock remained at two minutes to midnight, though Bronson said the lack of change 'should be taken not as a sign of stability but as a stark warning to leaders and citizens around the world.' The clock was farthest from midnight in 1991, when it was moved back to 17 minutes after the U.S. And Soviet Union signed the first Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.Although the picture is bleak, not all hope is lost, former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said, adding that multilateralism is the key to preventing a nuclear and climate crisis.' We must act and work together,' Ki-Moon said during the press conference.
'Not a single country or person can do it alone. We need all hands on deck and we can all work together.' Fox News' Andrew O'Reilly, Jennifer Earl and James Rogers contributed to this story.
Calculate the weekday of any date.©iStockphoto.com/MariaPavlovaThe best thing about the doomsday algorithm: your friends will think you have a superhuman memory, when all you need to do is memorize a set of numbers and do a series of simple calculations.Conway's algorithm bases on the fact that some dates always fall on the same weekday within any given year. These dates are called doomsdays.Calculating the Weekday for any Date in your HeadThere are plenty of scary doomsday formulas out there, but how about those of us who don't hold a degree in mathematics? Here's how to do it in four steps: Step 1: Memorizing weekdays as numbersIn Conway's concept, each weekday is represented by a number. 1800 - 1899: Friday1900 - 1999: Wednesday2000 - 2099: Tuesday2100 - 2199: SundayFor dates outside of this time frame you can simply rely on the 400-year calendar cycle. This means that the anchor day for 1700 - 1799 is again Sunday, in 1600 - 1699 it is Tuesday, and so on.Note: The rules described here apply only to the Gregorian calendar (“Western calendar”). Different rules apply to the. Step 3: Calculating the doomsday of any given yearTo determine the doomsday of the year in question, you have to follow a series of 6 simple calculations.
Before you start, don't forget to memorize the weekday numbers (see step 1) and century anchor days (see step 2).To illustrate the calculations, an example is given for each - let's say we want to find out which day of the week February 11, 1978 fell on. How many times does the number 12 fit as a whole into the two last digits of the year number? Example: 16 - 14 = 2, so the result is 2. This means that the doomsday in 1978 was a Tuesday.Step 4: Move from the doomsday to the date in questionNow it is only a small step to the final result. You know the doomsday of the year (in 1978, it was Tuesday), and you know.
Now you can simply use the doomsday closest to the date in question to find out which weekday it falls on.In the example date of February 11, 1978, the closest doomsday is the last day of February, which was February 28 because 1978 was not a leap year. Use multiples of 7 to move closer to the date: 28 - 14 = 14. So you know that February 14 was a Tuesday. Now count the days back to February 11, and you will see: February 11, 1978 fell on a Saturday. Don't give upThis might sound awfully complicated at first, and most of us will need a good minute or three to go through all the steps.
But with a little practice things will soon pick up speed. Don't forget: even the inventor of the doomsday rule is said to practice these calculations every day to perfect his speed-calculating skills. According to some sources, Conway can now usually give a correct answer in under two seconds. But then again, he's a math professor.Topics.
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