The Doomsday Clock is still at 90 seconds to midnight. But what does that mean?
Once every year, a select group of nuclear, climate and technology experts assemble to determine where to place the hands of the Doomsday Clock.
Once every year, a select group of nuclear, climate and technology experts assemble to determine where to place the hands of the Doomsday Clock.
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Jan 29, 2024
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The so-called Doomsday Clock, created by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists to measure the imminent risk of nuclear conflagration, has been at 100 seconds to midnight since 2020. It's now looking increasingly out of time ...
Social Sciences
Apr 22, 2022
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In less than 24 hours the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will update the Doomsday Clock. It's currently at 100 seconds from midnight—the metaphorical time when the human race could destroy the world with technologies ...
Environment
Jan 20, 2022
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While the Doomsday Clock is perilously close to midnight, it is not as close as UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently suggested in his COP26 opening remarks.
Environment
Nov 3, 2021
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The "Doomsday Clock" illustrating the perils facing the planet and mankind will remain at 100 seconds to midnight this year amid the threats of the coronavirus pandemic, nuclear war and climate change.
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Jan 27, 2021
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A "doomsday vault" nestled deep in the Arctic received 60,000 new seed samples on Tuesday, including Prince Charles' cowslips and Cherokee sacred corn, increasing stocks of the world's agricultural bounty in case of global ...
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Feb 25, 2020
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"We are all fucked." A crude though oft-uttered sigh which tries to encapsulate an intense, but vague anxiety we experience on many fronts. What's causing it? The possibility of climate-induced population extinction, the ...
Environment
Jun 24, 2019
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How close is human civilization to destroying the planet? The symbolic Doomsday Clock is still two minutes to midnight, as close as it has ever been, said the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on Thursday.
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Jan 24, 2019
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Norway on Saturday said it would boost protection of a seed storage vault designed to protect the world's crops from disaster, after soaring temperatures caused water to leak into its entrance.
Ecology
May 21, 2017
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These are dangerous times. The Doomsday Clock sits at just two and a half minutes before midnight, which represents global catastrophe.
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Mar 28, 2017
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