The Navy’s E-6B Mercury — better known as the doomsday plane — turned heads in Fresno on Sunday. Oregon has seen it, too. Here’s how it got that nickname.

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With great fanfare last week, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists — the keepers of the Doomsday Clock — inched their symbolic hand to 85 seconds before midnight. Once again, we are told to brace for ...

Like most Americans, I was relieved to learn the Doomsday Clock has once again sped up, bringing humanity closer to the end of all things and putting us well within reach of the sweet, welcoming ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The human race is mere seconds from catastrophe, according to the ominously named “Doomsday Clock,” as it ticks closer to midnight ...

The world is closer to humanity’s collapse than ever before, according to a team of atomic scientists. The Doomsday Clock is set at 85 seconds to midnight, its closest ever. Main threats include ...

The human race is mere seconds from catastrophe, according to the ominously named “Doomsday Clock,” as it ticks closer to midnight than ever before. The symbolic clock, set to its new time on January ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of international scientists who maintain the "Doomsday Clock" have pushed the metaphorical measure of humanity's impending ...

The "Doomsday Clock" was set to 85 seconds to midnight on Jan. 27 — marking the closest it has been to the time that represents apocalypse in its history. “The Doomsday Clock’s message cannot be ...

The Doomsday Clock was created in 1947, during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. It is, in essence, a symbolic representation of how close humanity is to the destruction of ...