A Cold War icon, the clock conveys scientists’ views on humankind’s risk of destroying itself. Its current setting: just 100 seconds to midnight. The Doomsday Clock, reset each January ...

Seventy-eight years ago, scientists created a unique sort of timepiece — named the Doomsday Clock — as a symbolic attempt to gauge how close humanity is to destroying the world. On Tuesday ...

“We are living in a time of unprecedented danger, and the Doomsday Clock time reflects that reality,” Rachel Bronson, president and CEO of the Bulletin, said in the release. “It’s a ...

The clock is ticking on humanity. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has moved its Doomsday Clock forward for 2025, announcing that it is now set to 89 seconds to midnight –— the closest it ...

The experts who maintain the ominous Doomsday Clock said Tuesday that humanity is still as close as ever to global catastrophe, which could involve nuclear war, climate change, or maybe even ...

Scientists and global leaders revealed on Tuesday that the "Doomsday Clock" has been reset to the closest humanity has ever come to self-annihilation. For the first time in three years ...

Last year, the Doomsday Clock ticked closer to the end times than it ever has done before - striking at a worrying 90 seconds to midnight. Today (January 23), at 3pm, the Bulletin of the Atomic ...

The world is closer to catastrophe than ever: the Doomsday Clock, the metaphorical measure of challenges to humanity, was reset to 90 seconds before midnight on Tuesday. The science and security ...

The Doomsday Clock that has been ticking for 77 years is no ordinary clock — it attempts to gauge how close humanity is to destroying the world. The decision to keep the clock at the same time ...