The fear of impending doom has been looming over the heads of people since the dawn of time, whether it be an asteroid or nuclear warfare. Many people would like to know how and when or even if the ...

Alexandra Bell is bringing more than a decade of experience in nuclear policy to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the ...

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How near is that threat of omnicide today? The Doomsday Clock is a visual metaphor created by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists back in 1947 to illustrate how close we are to global calamity from ...

In a statement outlining the change, the Board highlighted three main reasons for “moving the Doomsday Clock from 90 seconds ...

The Doomsday Clock is a metric maintained by the Bulletin ... and has been maintained as a metaphor since 1947. Can the hands of the clock be turned back? Yes, but in order for that to happen ...

Here's a look at how —... Humanity is closer than ever to catastrophe, according to the atomic scientists behind the Doomsday Clock. The ominous metaphor ticked one second closer to midnight ...

The Doomsday Clock now stands at 89 seconds to midnight, the closest to catastrophe in its nearly eight-decade history.