The "Doomsday Clock" was set to 85 seconds to midnight on Jan. 27 — marking the closest it has been to the time that represents apocalypse in its history. “The Doomsday Clock’s message cannot be ...

The midnight doomsday clock headlines can sound like a final countdown, but the Doomsday Clock is a warning symbol, not a prediction. It is reset each year by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists to ...

This month, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the hands of the Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds before midnight. This symbolically marks the closest our planet has ever been to annihilation. As ...

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 ...