CHICAGO -- The Doomsday Clock has been set to its closest time to midnight in its history, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced Tuesday. The clock has now been set to 90 seconds to midnight ...

A panel of scientists and scholars said Thursday they believe the world is as close as it has ever been to a so-called doomsday scenario. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, which has been tracking the ...

Leaders from around the world gathered at Georgetown University on Jan. 24 to discuss the moving of the Doomsday Clock closer to midnight, a physical reflection of the world’s increasing proximity to ...

Eighty years after the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, experts are warning that the world may once again be facing a similar danger. Tensions between the United States, Russia, ...

If we were to approach this coldly and callously, like one of those atomic scientists who adjust the Doomsday Clock, it would seem Brian Callahan is edging ever closer to midnight. After a 26–0 ...

The news these days often feels bleak, with headlines often featuring words like "crisis" and "catastrophe." There's even the infamous doomsday clock, which is designed as a sort of alarm to let us ...