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CHICAGO — The Doomsday Clock was born in 1947 in Chicago, a Cold War baby delivered as the illustration for the first cover of a new magazine, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. It was set at 7 minutes to midnight, an indication of how close a team of revered

This new book describes the clock as a logo, a brand and a very recognizable symbol, invented in Chicago in 1947.

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

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

Jennifer Hudson was once a Chicago teenager with a voice and a dream. Now she's Aretha Franklin's voice in "Respect," a dream role for her, she says. Next dream role? Oprah.

Watch the 2021 Doomsday Clock Announcement on January 27 The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will host a live international news conference at 10 a.m. EST/1500 GMT on Wednesday, January 27, 2021, to announce the 2021 time of the Doomsday Clock. The news conference will take place virtually via Zoom. Watch the announcement live on our website or on our Facebook page. Speakers for the Doomsday Clock announcement on January 27, 2021 include: Governor Jerry Brown, executive chair, Bulletin...

Comic Book Artists Great American Writer December 14, 2020 Comic book creators and Hemingway share a natural kinship. The comic book page demands an economy of words, and—for multi-panel stories—a lot of the action takes place between the panels. It’s an interactive reading experience, much like Hemingway’s work. It demands that you interpret and bring yourself to the text, like Hemingway’s less-is-more “iceberg theory,” in graphic form. In Death in the Afternoon(1932), Hem...