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Doomsday Clock Ticks Even Closer to Midnight
Doomsday Clock Ticks
Even Closer to Midnight
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Doomsday Clock Ticks Even Closer to Midnight

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moves it from 100 seconds to 90 seconds away

(Newser) - The world is now a symbolic 90 seconds away from annihilation, the closest it has ever been. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set its famous Doomsday Clock on Tuesday, moving it up from 100 seconds away, where it has been the last two years, reports USA Today . The group...

Doomsday Clock Is Staying Very Close to Doom

'The world remains stuck in an extremely dangerous moment'

(Newser) - The good news from this week's Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists meeting is that the Doomsday Clock hasn't moved any closer to midnight from last year. The bad news is the clock "remains the closest it has ever been to civilization-ending apocalypse because the world remains stuck...

Scientists Reveal New Doomsday Clock Reading

It remains at 2 minutes to armageddon, what group calls the 'new abnormal'

(Newser) - "A new abnormal: It is still two minutes to midnight," the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said Thursday in revealing its Doomsday Clock, the symbolic timepiece representing humanity's proximity to an apocalypse of its own making. Never before has the clock been closer to midnight, reports CBS...

'Doomsday Clock' Jumps 2 Minutes
'Doomsday Clock'
Jumps 2 Minutes

'Doomsday Clock' Jumps 2 Minutes

Scientists say it's now 3 minutes before midnight

(Newser) - The Doomsday Clock may not have moved last year , but today it made up for it: The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists announced that the clock jumped ahead two minutes and now stands at three minutes before midnight, reports Mashable . "Midnight," of course, being the end of civilization. The...

Doomsday Is 1 Minute Closer

Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moves up its famous clock

(Newser) - The apocalypse is a smidge closer today: The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved its Doomsday Clock from 11:54 to 11:55, reports USA Today . The symbolic clock has been in place since 1947 and now factors in climate change along with nuclear proliferation. We're still a few ticks...

'Doomsday Clock' Set Back 1 Minute
 'Doomsday Clock' 
 Set Back 1 Minute 
it's now 11:54

'Doomsday Clock' Set Back 1 Minute

Scientists see progress on nukes, climate change

(Newser) - The infamous Doomsday Clock, a symbolic representation of the threat of the world's "catastrophic destruction," was set back one minute today. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists reset the clock from 5 to 6 minutes to midnight, reflecting small but encouraging progress on the twin threats the scientists see...

'Doomsday Clock' Changes Thursday
'Doomsday Clock' Changes Thursday

'Doomsday Clock' Changes Thursday

Which way unknown, but move will be streamed live online

(Newser) - The hands of the Doomsday Clock, which the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists maintains to represent the severity of nuclear catastrophe, will move this Thursday. In which direction, no one knows, but for the first time everyone can watch the change here during the announcement at 10am EST.

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