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OPINION- I inhale the big, do-nothing shrug that always follows the annual posting, by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, of its global metaphor for Armageddon.

Stanley Kubrick's feature is such a sidesplitting laugh riot that the radioactive level of fear and trembling in the atmosphere may have dissipated.

China’s nuclear expansion could lead to a spiraling arms race.

THE CONVERSATION,  Rumtin Sepasspour, January 25, 2024 Once every year, a select group of nuclear, climate and technology experts assemble to determine where to place the hands of the Doomsday Clock. Presented by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the Doomsday Clock is a visual metaphor for humanity’s proximity to catastrophe. It measures our collective…

The Sentinel By Karl Grossman., Jan 25, 2024  The “Doomsday Clock” of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists was kept at 90 seconds to midnight this week—the closest to midnight that the clock has been set since it was created in 1947. Midnight is defined by The Bulletin as “nuclear annihilation.” The hands of the clock were initially moved forward to…

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The Doomsday Clock is still at 90 seconds to midnight. But what does that mean? RUMIN SEPASSPOUR has an explanation...

Fears over the outbreak of WW3 have escalated in recent days after rumours American nuclear weapons could be moved to the UK.

Manmade warming has increased the prevalence and severity of concurrent drought and heat events, also termed hot droughts, across Western North America in

The clock was set close to midnight due to worries about Russia’s nuclear arsenal, Israel’s war on Gaza and climate change. Atomic scientists have kept their Doomsday Clock set at 90 seconds to midnight as they did last year, citing worry about Russia’s potential use of nuclear weapons amid its invasion of Ukraine, Israel’s war…