The history of the Doomsday Clock goes back to the late 1940s, ... “Well, because it was one guy, and also the Cuban Missile Crisis happened before they had a chance to update it. ...

The Doomsday Clock has plenty of critics, ... Consider the case of Vasili Arkhipov, who was a naval officer on a Soviet submarine during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962.

The Doomsday Clock was adjusted below the two-minute mark ... Incidentally, the threat of catastrophe from the so-called ...

In 1962, at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Doomsday Clock's hands were set at seven minutes to midnight. Update 01/24/23 11:36 a.m. ET: This article was updated with more information.

Professor Evans noted that, during the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, “when the world was perilously close, arguably the closest it has ever been, to extinction,” the clock did not change.

Six decades before Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threats to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, there was the Cuban Missile Crisis, the first showdown between nuclear powers that historians say ...

The Doomsday Clock is seen at 89 seconds to midnight, ... This treaty was especially a relief in the aftermath of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, ...

The clock did not change during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 because “too little was known at the time about the circumstances of the standoff or what the outcome would be,” the bulletin ...

Doomsday Clock reset imminent amid Israel-Hamas war and threats from Iran, ... For context, it clocked in at seven minutes to midnight in 1963 following the near-catastrophic Cuban Missile Crisis.

As the Doomsday Clock gets reset, The Mirror takes a look at what it's based on, how the time is set and what it actually means for mankind Skip to main content News ...