On this week’s “More To The Story,” Daniel Holz from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists discusses why the hands of the ...

The Chicago-based nonprofit created the Doomsday Clock in 1947 during the Cold War tensions that followed World War II to warn the public about how close humankind was to destroying the world.

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.

‘Doomsday Clock’ moves closer to midnight amid climate change, nuclear war, pandemics, AI threats Group says world is on a precipice and in a dangerous place.

Before midnight In a way, the Doomsday Clock is a victim of its own success as an unparalleled symbol of 20th-century, Cold War nuclear fear.

During the Cold War in 1991, the clock was set 17 minutes from midnight—the farthest it has ever been. Conversely, 2025's setting at 89 seconds to midnight marks its closest approach.

‘Doomsday Clock’ moves closer to midnight amid threats of climate change, nuclear war, pandemics, AI The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said they’ve moved their “Doomsday Clock” to 89 ...

Throughout the Cold War, the clock periodically moved back and forth — from two to upwards of 10 minutes to midnight — based largely on global conflicts and nuclear proliferation.

Starting in 1947, the advocacy group used a clock to symbolize the potential and even likelihood of people doing something to end humanity. After the end of the Cold War, it was as close as 17 ...

'Doomsday Clock' Moves Closer to Midnight Amid Threats of Climate Change, Nuclear War, Pandemics, AI Earth is moving closer to destruction, a science-oriented advocacy group said Tuesday as it ...

After the end of the Cold War, it was as close as 17 minutes to midnight. In the past few years, to address rapid global changes, the group has changed from counting down the minutes until ...