The Chicago-based Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which runs the clock, decided to move the clock one second closer to midnight because of climate change, nuclear threats and biological hazards.
The Doomsday Clock is a metaphor for how close the world is to being inhabitable for humanity. Scientists just set the new time for 2025.
Today, the Doomsday Clock was set to 89 seconds to midnight, signaling that experts fear we are dangerously close to a global catastrophe.
Many hope it will answer a question that has long divided Americans and the country’s understanding of its history: Who exactly was J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb?
The Doomsday Clock is closer to midnight than ever before. What does it mean? How is this determined? Can the clock be wound back?
What is the Doomsday Clock? It's 2025 and scientists have reset the clock closer to midnight and global catastrophe. Here's what it all means.
In a statement outlining the change, the Board highlighted three main reasons for “moving the Doomsday Clock from 90 seconds to 89 seconds to midnight.” These include ongoing nuclear risks, accelerating climate disasters, and emerging biological and technological dangers.
28 (UPI) --Due to "deeply concerning" world trends, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said ... Created in 1947 by Albert Einstein and J. Robert Oppenheimer, the "Doomsday Clock" is known ...
In a statement about the 2025 Doomsday Clock, the organization explained the dire circumstances that went into the decision. “In 2024, humanity edged ever closer to catastrophe.