The distance between tough-guy posturing and the start of an actual conflict is too close for comfort. That’s why the ...

WASHINGTON — Atomic scientists set the “Doomsday Clock” closer to midnight than ever before on Tuesday, saying threats of nuclear war, disease, and climate volatility have been exacerbated ...

On Jan. 24, history was again made when the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ organization moved the seconds hand of the Doomsday Clock closer to midnight. It is now at ‘90 seconds to midnight,’ the ...

The Doomsday Clock has been a symbol of global tension since 1947. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists monitors nuclear proliferation and climate change, adjusting the time to midnight to ...

From the Cuban Missile Crisis to the Doomsday Clock, Cold War paranoia gave pop culture its favourite script: countdowns, ...

'Doomsday Clock' moves to 90 seconds to midnight for the first time ever Reuters Published on Jan. 25, 2023, 4:31 PM Updated on Jan. 25, 2023, 4:34 PM ...

As of 2020, the Clock was set to just 100 seconds from midnight, the closest to doomsday it has ever been. At the time, the threat of nuclear war and the increasing impact of climate change were ...

WASHINGTON — Earth, for the second year running, is nearing apocalypse, a science-oriented advocacy group said, pointing to its famous Doomsday Clock that shows 90 seconds till midnight.

The Doomsday Clock was meant to be a warning to humanity about the dangers of nuclear weapons; later in the 20th century it was expanded to consider other human-made threats.

By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Atomic scientists set the "Doomsday Clock" closer to midnight than ever before on Tuesday, saying threats of nuclear war, disease, and climate volatility ...