Scientists responsible for setting the Doomsday Clock are meeting today, renewing attention on how close humanity is judged to be to global catastrophe. The Doomsday Clock was introduced in 1947 by ...

The Doomsday Clock — a symbolic device to signal an array of existential threats to the world since 1947 — was recently moved to 85 seconds before midnight, the closest it has ever been to midnight.

The world is closer to catastrophe than it has ever been, at least according to the scientists who maintain the Doomsday Clock. This year, the symbolic clock was set to 85 seconds to midnight, marking ...

Humanity continues to move closer to catastrophe, scientists said Tuesday, Jan. 27. The human race is at its closest point yet to destroying itself, according to the reset of the ominous but symbolic ...

The Doomsday Clock is now the closest it has ever been to midnight. Scientists have set the symbolic Clock at 85 seconds to midnight, issuing a dire warning about the apocalyptic danger of nuclear ...

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has moved its Doomsday Clock forward for 2026, announcing that it is now set to 85 seconds to midnight –— the closest it’s ever been to catastrophe in its 79-year ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Earlier this year, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced that it was moving ...

A group of international scientists who maintain the "Doomsday Clock" have pushed the metaphorical measure of humanity's impending doom to its nearest point yet to imminent collapse, according to the ...