A Cold War icon, the clock conveys scientists’ views on humankind’s risk of destroying itself. Its current setting ... their school desks in case of atomic attack, were the clock’s hands ...

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists for decades has regularly published a new Doomsday Clock setting, showing just how close – or far – its experts believe humanity is from the brink.

Scientists have developed one of the most precise atomic clocks ever built, and they plan to use it as a reference clock to define ... day for everything from setting clocks and watches to ...

all rely on atomic clocks in order to work. Many of those clocks are in orbit, perched on satellites orbiting Earth. Over time, temperatures swings, power supply and the speed at which the clock ...

A new atomic clock is one of the world’s best timekeepers, researchers say — and after years of development, the “fountain”-style clock is now in use helping keep official U.S. time.

For the first time in three years, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved ... said during a live-streamed unveiling of the clock's ominous new time. "In setting the clock closer to midnight ...

On January 28 th, the Bulletin of the Atomic ... Clock time at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, DC. The announcement will occur during a live, in-person news conference at 10:00 a.m ...

The Doomsday Clock was created in 1947 by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Science and Security Board with the support of the Bulletin's Board of Sponsors are responsible for setting the ...

The Doomsday Clock is a metaphor that represents how close humanity is to self-destruction, due to nuclear weapons and climate change. The clock hands are set by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists ...