The Chicago-based nonprofit announced today the decision to advance its Doomsday Clock closer to midnight by 30 seconds. The clock is now two minutes to midnight, the symbolic hour of imminent doom.

The Harvard researchers analyzed Doomsday Clock settings from 1947-2024 alongside mortality data from the CDC (1950-2019) and mental health statistics from the University of Washington (1990-2019).

Her letter to the editor brought the Doomsday clock’s new setting to my attention, and I had a good laugh reading it. Robert Minninger, Spring City. Share this: ...

The Doomsday Clock is both famous and controversial. However, to date no known studies have explored the potential connection between the Doomsday Clock and health and mortality.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has issued a new warning that the nuclear "Doomsday Clock" is ticking closer to midnight, with "commonplace" talk of World War III.. He claimed Russia was ...

Results indicate the closer the Doomsday Clock ticks to midnight, the higher the rates are for mortality specific to Alzheimer’s disease, suicide, unintentional injuries, alcohol and substance ...

In the 55 years since its creation, the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) has endured many challenges, but the world now finds itself at a reckoning point. The Doomsday Clock is set at 89 seconds ...