末日鐘1月14日重調

末日鐘被移遠一分鐘，離開致命的午夜...多謝奧巴馬
Doomsday clock is moved one minute further AWAY from fateful midnight... thanks to Obama
By Claire Bates
Last updated at 6:10 PM on 14th January 2010



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1242823/Doomsday-clock-moved-worlds-scientists-today.html
末日鐘1月14日重調
Doomsday Clock to be reset Jan. 14
January 13, 8:31 AMWacky Questions ExaminerMichael Rudeen

I heard recently about the Doomsday Clock, which I thought had something to do with the threat of nuclear war. Is something supposed to happen with the clock this week? - Patti, Littleton, Colo.
我最近聽說關於末日鐘，我認它是和核戰的威脅有關，是否有什麼假設在這個星期和那鐘發生？ -科羅拉多州Littleon的Patti。

The minute hand on that metaphoric timepiece, which is intended to represent how close humanity is to catastrophe, is regularly adjusted, depending on various threats, and it's scheduled to be moved Jan. 14.
分針在那隱喻的計時器是定期調整，計時器的目的是代表人類有幾接近災難，取決於多種威脅，它被計劃於1月14日移動。

The clock was created in 1947 by a group of University of Chicago scientists who had helped develop the first atomic weapons in the Manhattan Project and feared that their discovery had put mankind closer to its destruction. They hit upon a clock to symbolize how near the threat was, initially setting it at seven minutes to midnight, their representation of total destruction, according to an article at MSNBC.
晚上十一点五十三分代表完全損毁
Originally the threat was strictly nuclear, but it has since been expanded to include other potentially destructive technologies as well as climate change. The clock was last reset by the board of directors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the group's publication, in January 2007, when it was moved from seven to five minutes before midnight.
原本的威脅是嚴格指向核戰，但後來已擴大到包括其他可能的毁壞性科技和氣候變化。時鐘最後一次是於2007年1月由原子科學家通報的董事會重調，當時它被移至由午夜前的7分鐘往5分鐘。
The hand has been adjusted 18 times, backward and forward, since it was originally set. It has not been announced which way the hand will move tomorrow or how far. The board reportedly has considered such factors as nuclear disarmament negotiations, civilian nuclear power, threats of nuclear terrorism and climate change, MSNBC reports. The decision will be announced online tomorrow at 10 a.m. Eastern Standard Time .
自從它最初設置，分針已被調整了18次，向後和向前，未有公佈明天分針會被移向哪個方向和多遠。MSNBC的報告，據報該委員會已考慮種種因素，如核裁軍談判，民用核能，核恐怖主義威脅和氣候變化，這一決定將於明天在東岸標準時間上午10時在網上公佈。

http://www.examiner.com/x-5750-Wacky-Questions-Examiner~y2010m1d13-Doomsday-Clock-to-be-reset-Jan-14