I hope they never retire the Doomsday Clock because its entertainment value is priceless. If you’re unaware of the Doomsday Clock, its purpose is to represent how close the human race is to extinction ...

Over the last century, the dangers threatening humanity have evolved with rapid scientific and technological progress.

It was a time when the Cold War was at its height – the Doomsday Clock near midnight – and the doomed War on Drugs was raging. The science around genetically modified organisms was in its infancy.

Last month, the "Doomsday Clock" was moved up to 89 seconds, the closest the world has ever been to total annihilation. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, based at the University of Chicago, uses the ...

Project 2025 opens the door to above-ground detonations, which were banned in 1963. We can’t endanger our children again. | ...

Cold War bomb testing was part of a massive increase ... The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Doomsday Clock — a measure of how close the world is to nuclear war — is at just 89 seconds ...