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

'Doomsday Clock' signals existential threats of nuclear war, climate disasters and AI Earth, ... After the end of the Cold War, it was as close as 17 minutes to midnight.

What the Doomsday Clock is really counting down to. The number of human-made existential risks has ballooned, but the most pressing one is the original: nuclear war.

The Cold War relic has a strange history and so-so effectiveness — but it may not be the point. Menu. ... The history of the Doomsday Clock goes back to the late 1940s, ...

The global Doomsday Clock shows that ... clock was set to 17 minutes to midnight—the farthest it has ever been set—in 1991 following the culmination of the Cold War and the signing of ...

History of the Doomsday Clock. ... In 1991, the clock had its furthest time from catastrophe when it was set to 17 minutes to midnight as the Cold War cooled down.

The clock was as far away as 17 minutes from midnight in 1991, at the end of the Cold War when the United States and the Soviet Union were actively engaged in arms-control negotiations.

The Doomsday Clock was moved 30 seconds closer to midnight, to reflect the growing threat of nuclear war, climate change—and Donald Trump Sign Up for Our Ideas Newsletter POV Subscribe Subscribe ...

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. 'We ...

The Doomsday Clock of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, set at 89 seconds to midnight, is displayed during a news conference at the United States Institute of Peace, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025 ...

The clock was its farthest from midnight — a sizable 17 minutes — in 1991, with the end of the Cold War and the signing of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty between the U.S. and Soviet Union.