What the Doomsday Clock actually measures The Doomsday Clock is a metaphor, not a mechanical forecast, but it is built on concrete assessments of global risk. Created in the late 1940s by scientists ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — Scientists say the Doomsday Clock is now closer to “zero hour” than ever before. This week, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set the clock at 85 seconds to midnight, a new record for ...

The Atomic Scientists, which set up the metaphorical clock at the start of the Cold War, moved its time to 85 seconds to midnight. Released doves fly past the "Peace Statue" in Nagasaki, part of a ...