A Cold War icon, the clock conveys scientists’ views on humankind’s risk of destroying itself. Its current setting: just 100 seconds to midnight. The Doomsday Clock, reset each January ...

Each year for the past 78 years, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has published a new Doomsday Clock, suggesting just how close – or far – humanity is to destroying itself. The next ...

The Doomsday Clock now stands at 89 seconds to midnight, the closest to catastrophe in its nearly eight-decade history. Here's a look at how — and why — it's moved.

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 ...

The current setting reflects the compounded effects of geopolitical conflicts such as the Russia-Ukraine war, ... The Doomsday Clock is a symbolic measure rather than a precise scientific calculation.

The group started the Doomsday Clock two years later. The Clock's original setting in 1947 was seven minutes to midnight. It has since been set backward eight times and forward 18 times.

The Doomsday Clock time reveal held by The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists at the United States Institute of Peace on January 28, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

Doomsday Clock current time: Scientists say the world is 89 seconds to midnight Scientists said the world is closer than ever before to total destruction and 'perilously close to the precipice'.

"Setting the Doomsday Clock at 89 seconds to midnight is a warning to all world leaders. "The war in Ukraine continues to loom as a large source of nuclear risk.

The Doomsday Clock, a concept designed by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists to represent humanity’s proximity to a global catastrophe, was updated on Tuesday.

The Doomsday Clock now stands at 89 seconds to midnight, the closest to catastrophe in its nearly eight-decade history. Here's a look at how — and why — it's moved.