For many, New Year's Eve is all about dressing up and heading to a glamorous end-of-the-year bash to ring in January 1. For others, it's a time to stay in and reflect on the past 365 days. No matter ...

As you read this, humanity is merely 85 seconds away from disaster. This week, leading experts set the Doomsday Clock, a stark symbol of scientific worries about humanity’s, well, doom. Wars, climate ...

The Doomsday Clock is displayed with members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Atomic scientists on Tuesday set the 2026 “Doomsday Clock” to 85 seconds to midnight, the closest it’s ever been ...