The Doomsday Clock now stands at 89 seconds to midnight, the closest to catastrophe in its nearly eight-decade history. Here's a look at how — and why — it's moved.

In a statement this year, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists explained their reasons for moving the clock up by one second. “In 2024, humanity edged ever closer to catastrophe,” they stated.

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T oday, the Doomsday Clock was set to 89 seconds to midnight, the closest to midnight ever in its 78-year history. It’s the duty of the United States, China, and Russia to lead the world back ...

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The Doomsday Clock has edged forward and now stands at 89 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been to the marker of global catastrophe.. Why It Matters. The forward movement of the ...

On Tuesday morning, the Doomsday Clock was set at 89 seconds to midnight, which is the closest it has ever been to midnight in the 78 years since it started running. So what has set off the ...

The group started the Doomsday Clock two years later. The Clock's original setting in 1947 was seven minutes to midnight. It has since been set backward eight times and forward 18 times.