If humanity’s existence was a 24-hour clock where midnight represented the apocalypse, then the world is 89 seconds to midnight, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced during a press conference in Washington,
Humanity is inching toward its own annihilation, according the iconic Doomsday Clock, which moved the closest its ever been to midnight—just 89 seconds away.
The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists announced Tuesday that the "Doomsday Clock" is now set to 89 seconds to midnight.
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 moved one second closer to midnight at 89 seconds, reflecting increased concerns over nuclear war, climate change, and global healt
The metaphorical clock measures how close humanity is to self-destruction, because of nuclear disaster, climate change, AI and misinformation.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set the clock to 89 seconds before midnight – the theoretical point of annihilation – one second closer than it was set last year
Former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, left, and Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists member Robert Socolow reveal the Doomsday Clock, set at 89 seconds to midnight, during a news conference at the United States Institute of Peace, Tuesday, in Washington. AP
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The Doomsday clock was set at 89 seconds to midnight putting it the closest the world has ever been to a "global catastrophe
The Doomsday Clock, a symbolic measure of humanity’s proximity to global catastrophe, has been set at 89 seconds to midnight—the closest it has ever been. Created in 1947 by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists,