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de l'incertitude

à la probabilité / forte probabilité
 

incertitude,

hypothèse à valider ou à rejeter

Asteroid headed toward Earth?

NASA simulation explores

how the nation might respond

June 21, 2024    NPR

Because telescopes would see

such an asteroid as just a point of light in space,

says Daly,

“we're going to have very large uncertainties

in the asteroid's properties,

and that leads to very large uncertainties

in what the consequences would be

if it were to hit the ground,

as well as large uncertainties in what it would take

to stop that asteroid from hitting the ground.”

What’s more,

this particular scenario unnervingly stipulated

that scientists wouldn’t be able to learn more

about this threat for more than six months,

when telescopes could spot the asteroid again

and do another assessment of its trajectory.

Exercise participants discussed three options:

simply waiting and doing nothing

until those next telescope observations;

starting a U. S.-led space mission

to have a spacecraft fly by the asteroid

to get more information; or creating an effort

to build a more expensive spacecraft

that would be capable of spending time

around the asteroid

and possibly even changing its path

through space.

Unlike previous asteroid-threat simulations,

this one did not play out to a dramatic ending.

“We actually stayed stuck in one moment in time

for the duration of the exercise.

We didn't fast-forward,” says Daly.

As a result,

attendees had plenty of time to discuss

how to communicate both the uncertainties

and the urgent need to act.

They also discussed how funding

and other practical considerations might play

into the decision-making processes

in federal agencies and Congress.

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/21/
nx-s1-5013508/asteroid-hit-earth-nasa-simulation-emergency-response

Scientists Probe

How Coronavirus Might Travel Through the Air

hypothèse inédite / surprenante,

mais possible

sous-entendu :

aussi incroyable

que cela puisse paraître,

ça pourrait bien être...

might

valeurs énonciatives

spéculation, probabilité, hypothèse, conseil

might

valeurs énonciatives

probabilité / forte probabilité

Ashleigh Johnson is a water polo champion.

She might lead the U.S. to another gold

August 8, 2024    NPR

A Bird-Flu Pandemic in People?

Here’s What

It Might Look Likepréposition.

There is no guarantee

that a person-to-person virus would be benign,

scientists say,

and vaccines and treatments at hand

may not be sufficient.

It's getting easier to find baby formula.

But you might still run into bare shelves

October 27, 2022    NPR

You've likely been affected

by climate change.

Your long-term finances might be, too

June 21, 2022    NPR

Abortion rights might soon be gone.

Activists worry same-sex marriage is next

June 2, 2022    NPR

might

valeurs énonciatives

hypothèse plus ou moins probable

might

valeurs énonciatives

hypothèse assez probable ( // could),

hypothèse fondée sur des recherches,

doute assez fondé,

déduction ( // must)

The moon might

be flowing with much more water than we thought,

thanks to ancient volcanic deposits,

a new study shows.

Using satellite data,

scientists from Brown University

studied layers of rock on the moon

that likely formed

from large volcanic eruptions,

called lunar pyroclastic deposits.

The magma created by these eruptions

has been carried to the moon's surface

from very deep within its interior,

the study showed.

(...)

And it gets weirder.

If there's water

in the moon's mantle,

that suggests that the water

was delivered to the moon

very early in its formation,

before it fully solidified,

the study's lead author,

Ralph Milliken told Space.com.

Because the magma originally comes

from deep within the lunar interior,

Milliken explains,

"the deep interior of the moon must also contain water."

A New Study Shows

The Moon's Interior Could Contain Water

July 24, 2017    NPR

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/24/
539066277/a-new-study-shows-the-moons-interior-could-contain-water

might

valeur énonciative

hypothèse probablement vraie

(// sans doute)

might

valeur énonciative

certitude

might

valeur énonciative

présupposition, fort doute >

pourrait bien V...

Worried

your kid might have appendicitis?

Try the jump test

December 11, 2023    NPR

My 5-year-old was complaining of stomach pain,

and I was worried and had questions.

I asked her how bad the pain was

and where it hurt

and whether it was getting worse.

Being a kindergartner,

she couldn't answer my anxious questions

with much clarity.

I was worried about appendicitis.

Maybe I'd been conditioned

by my early devotion to the children's book Madeline

and her sudden, urgent crisis in the middle of the night.

Isn't appendicitis what all parents worry about

when a child complains of stomach pain?

might

valeur énonciative

forte présupposition

sous-entendu :

moi qui vous parle,

je présuppose,

je suis quasi-certain

de ce que je dis,

je parie que...,

il y a peu de doute que...

+

avec parfois

une valeur de pré-cognition:

je sais déjà

ce que vous pensez,

je sais à l'avance

ce que vous allez dire

might

valeur énonciative

conseil

might

sens et valeurs énonciatives

autres énoncés

Don't run on the cement

- you might hurt yourselves!

 Don't swing that hose around, Michael

- you could hit somebody!

For Better or For Worse

by Lynn Johnston

GoComics

August 03, 2014

Under DeVos,

Here's How School Choice Might Work

January 31, 2017

11:44 AM ET

NPR


Despite the objections of Senate Democrats, teachers unions and others, school choice activist and billionaire Republican donor Betsy DeVos passed a committee vote to be secretary of education. The nomination now moves to the full Senate.
Bloomberg/Getty Images

A key Senate committee voted Tuesday to approve the nomination of Betsy DeVos, a school choice activist and billionaire Republican donor, to be secretary of education, despite the fierce objections of Senate Democrats, teachers unions and others. There's much speculation as to exactly how she might carry out President Trump's stated priority of increasing school choice.

A significant clue comes from the American Federation for Children, the advocacy organization DeVos chaired until she was nominated. AFC supports both publicly funded charter schools and even more so, "private school choice" — publicly sponsored programs that give families money to spend on tuition at private schools.

Under DeVos, Here's How School Choice Might Work,
NPR,
JAN. 31 2017,
http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/01/31/
512507538/under-devos-heres-how-school-choice-might-work

Like These Movies?

Here Are 100+ Things

You Mightprésupposition Also Like ...

June 15, 2016

7:04 AM ET

NPR

Like These Movies? Here Are 100+ Things You Might Also Like ...,
NPR,
June 15, 2016,
http://www.npr.org/2016/06/15/
481090485/read-watch-binge-like-this-movie-you-might-also-like

25 things

you mightprésupposition not know

about the web

It sprang from the brain of one man, Tim Berners-Lee,

and is the fastest-growing communication medium of all time.

A quarter-century on, we examine

how the web has transformed our lives

Sunday 9 March 2014

The Observer

John Naughton

25 things you might not know about the web,
O,
9.3.2014,
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/09/
25-years-web-tim-berners-lee

Madeleine McCann case

should be reopened, says Met

Police release age-enhanced image

of what missing girl might look like now,

suggesting evidence that she might be still alive

Wednesday 25 April 2012
11.15 BST
Guardian.co.uk
Sandra Laville
This article was published on guardian.co.uk
at 11.15 BST on Wednesday 25 April 2012.
It was last modified at 12.38 BST
on Wednesday 25 April 2012.

Scotland Yard is calling for the investigation into Madeleine McCann's disappearance to be reopened, as detectives revealed there is evidence to suggest she might be alive.

Senior detectives within the Metropolitan police have been reviewing the Portuguese inquiry into the girl's disappearance for a year. On Wednesday – as the fifth anniversary of her disappearance approaches – police released an age-enhanced image of what she might look like now.

Madeleine, whose ninth birthday is on 12 May, disappeared from a Portuguese resort on 3 May 2007.

Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood said he believed she was abducted by a stranger, adding that there were 195 "investigative opportunities".

Redwood said he "genuinely" believed Madeleine could be alive, though the team is following an equal line of inquiry
that she might now be dead.

The officer is leading a team of 37 detectives dedicated solely to carrying out an active investigative review of all the evidence in the case.

They are sifting through 40,000 pieces of material, and within them Redwood said officers have identified 195 historic investigative opportunities.

He said the team was developing new information about what happened to Madeleine five years ago, when she disappeared from her parents' holiday villa in Praia de Luz.

"We are currently developing material which we believe represents genuine new information," said Redwood.

He said officers had carried out a forensic analysis of the timeline of events, and had identified opportunities when the child could have been taken in a criminal act.

Dismissing conspiracy theories about Madeleine's parents' involvement, Redwood said he believed the girl's disappearance was the result of "a criminal act by a stranger".

He appealed directly to anyone who might know where Madeleine was to contact the police.

The Met team is working with a Portuguese review team in Oporto, which is separate from the original inquiry and, said Redwood, was as committed as Scotland Yard to getting to the bottom of what happened to Madeleine.

"The Metropolitan police service wants the investigation reopened," he said. But he added that the decision had to be made by the Portuguese.

The Yard team is passing its information directly to the Portuguese review team. Redwood has visited Portugal seven times in the past year.

The review was set up last year on the fourth anniversary of the child's disappearance after Madeleine's parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, appealed to the prime minister, David Cameron, for Scotland Yard to look at the case.

Redwood said: "We have approached the material with a completely open mind. We have sought to put Madeleine McCann at the heart of everything we do."

Madeleine McCann case should be reopened, says Met,
NYT,
25.4.2012,
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/apr/25/
madeleine-mccann-case-reopen-call 

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