WASHINGTON -- The Doomsday Clock was reset to 100 seconds to midnight, meaning the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists does not think the world is a safer place in 2020.

The Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight as analysts debate nuclear deterrence effectiveness amid rising tensions with ...

The "Doomsday Clock" was founded in 1947 by Albert Einstein and researchers at the University of Chicago to track how close humanity is to destroying itself through the use of atomic weapons.

In a nutshell When the Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight, researchers found significant increases in suicide rates, Alzheimer’s disease mortality, and substance-related deaths across a 70 ...

It's hard not to be a "Negative Nelly" when the Doomsday Clock draws ever nearer to indicating an apocalypse. The new study shows that existential stress may play a role in mental and physical health.

The furthest from midnight the Doomsday Clock has ever been was 17 minutes to midnight in 1991, after the Cold War ended and a new arms treaty between the U.S. and the Soviet Union greatly reduced ...

Earlier this year, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced that it was moving the hands of the Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds before midnight, a symbolic hour signifying global catastrophe. The ...

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 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.

If you’re unaware of the Doomsday Clock, its purpose is to represent how close the human race is to extinction. The clock was set to 89 seconds before midnight (a.k.a. Doomsday) in January 2025.