全球天文学家模拟了世界末日 | 一周看点
全球天文学家模拟了世界末日
上周一整周,来自美国宇航局、联邦紧急事务管理局(FEMA)和欧洲航天局的专家们齐聚一堂,对于这种大灾难来进行模拟实验,来测试我们的对于此类时间的管理能力。
外媒报道
The experiment, called the IAA Planetary Defense Conference, ran over five days, but the timeframe was 8 years - we discovered the hypothetical asteroid on 26 March 2019, so the world had nearly a decade before the impact to work out what to do.
这个实验名为行星防御会议(IAA Planetary Defense Conference),模拟超过5天,不过它模拟的时间是8年。我们发现这个假想地行星是在2019年3月26日,所以也就是说世界还有将近10年的时间可以对此次影响来做出应对。
“The first step in protecting our planet is knowing what’s out there,” RüdigerJehn, ESA’s Head of Planetary Defense, explained at the start of the week.
“想要保护地球,我们需要做的第一步是知道它的外面有些什么。”在该实验一开始,欧洲航天局行星防御的主管RüdigerJehn这样说道。
特朗普比以往更受欢迎了
盖洛普咨询公司每周跟踪调查美国公民对总统工作的支持情况,发现特朗普是近代唯一一位支持率从未达到50%的总统。
但最近一次调查数据显示特朗普支持率为46%,这是他担任总统两年多以来的最高值了。
外媒报道
Yes, more people still disapprove of the job Trump is doing (50%) than approve of it. And, yes, again, Trump has come close to 46% approval before - he got to 45% in June 2018 and in January 2017. And, yes, for a third time, there is no meaningful statistical difference between 45% approval and 46% approval.
不支持特朗普工作的人(占50%)的确比支持的人多,而且特朗普支持率的确曾接近过46%,2018年六月和2017年一月达到过45%,不过45%和46%也没太大差别。
But, still! This is Donald Trump we are talking about. A man who has struggled for much of his presidency to even win the approval of 40% of Americans for the job he is doing. Just look at Trump's week-by-week performance in Gallup. Not good!
但你要注意我们讨论的可是特朗普呀,他甚至为了获得美国民众对其总统工作40%的支持率都已费尽心力了,看看盖洛普咨询公司特朗普的每周支持率就知道了,他并不得人心。
苹果被欧盟立案调查
据《金融时报》报道,欧盟委员会要开始调查苹果公司是否在不正当利用苹果商店来打压对手。
外媒报道
The antitrust investigation comes after Spotify filed a formal complaint with the European Commission in which it said that Apple’s App Store rules “purposely limit choice and stifle innovation at the expense of the user experience.”
此次反垄断调查是因为Spotify(全球最大的正版流媒体音乐服务平台)正式向欧盟委员会提起了诉讼,诉讼中该公司称苹果公司苹果商店的规定“蓄意限制用户的选择,以牺牲用户体验为代价扼杀创新。”
Specifically, Spotify’s complaint focuses on Apple’s 30% cut of App Store sales, including subscriptions that Spotify users sign up to via the Spotify iOS app.
确切地说,Spotify公司的控诉主要是关于苹果公司在苹果商店销售额中30%的分成,包括Spotify用户通过Spotify苹果应用程序注册订阅的费用。
脱欧进程达成了99%的共识
国际发展部长Rory Stewart说政府和反对党的谈判小组基于英国和布鲁塞尔之间密切的海关联系,已就脱欧进程达成了99%的共识。
外媒报道
He admitted a compromise plan agreed with Labour could shatter the Tory Party but insisted it was worth taking the risk to end the Brexit stalemate.
他承认和工党达成的折中方案会给保守党造成沉重打击,但坚称为了打破脱欧僵局值得冒险一试。
Ministers led by Mrs May’s deputy David Lidington met senior Labour frontbenchers in Whitehall on Tuesday to accelerate the attempt to forge a cross-party consensus on the Brexit way forward.
梅姨的手下David Lidington领导的各部长已于周二在白厅会见工党高级前座议员,希望能尽快对英国脱欧进程形成跨党派共识。