Nuclear annihilation or climate change— which will kill us first?
The Doomsday Clock focuses on just one possible Armageddon.
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The Doomsday Clock focuses on just one possible Armageddon.
As of January 2024, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, an independent, nonprofit organisation, has set the Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight.
The panel of international scientists said that current trends continue to point to "global catastrophe" as of January 2024.
The Doomsday Clock that has been ticking for 77 years is no ordinary clock — it attempts to gauge how close...
Ever since 1947, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has maintained a ritual of updating their famous “Doomsday Clock” each year, supposedly indicating how close mankind is to wiping itself...