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USA TODAY asked Alexandra Bell, the president and CEO of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a few questions about the Doomsday Clock.
The Doomsday Clock's 2026 update could move humanity closer to midnight. Scientists explain what it means for global safety and our future.
The symbolic Doomsday Clock has been maintained by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists since 1947.
After 78 years, the Doomsday Clock has been set closer than it has ever been. As a global society, we are now only 89 seconds to midnight after scientists moved the clock’s hand one second closer to the symbolic end of the world. Over the more than seven ...
Scientists have changed the time on what's known as the Doomsday Clock, which uses various predictors to gauge how close humanity might be to extinction. The Science and Security Board (SASB) of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the clock to 89 ...
Signs of impending doom are all around, especially as a potential time change for the "Doomsday Clock" looming. See other signs of impending doom.
The Doomsday clock was set at 89 seconds to midnight on Tuesday morning, putting it the closest the world has ever been to what scientists deem "global catastrophe." The decades-old international symbol, described by the University of Chicago-based ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (NEXSTAR) – The Doomsday Clock, a concept designed by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists to ...
Tick tick boom? The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has moved its Doomsday Clock forward for 2026, announcing that it is now set to 85 seconds to midnight –— the closest it’s ever been to catastrophe in its 79-year history.