WHEN the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds to midnight on Jan. 27, 2026 — the closest ...

The Doomsday Clock moves to 85 seconds to midnight in 2026, marking a new record for global risk.

Risk of nuclear war is seen as being the closest it ever has been, due to weapons threats, emergence of AI, and climate crisis.

On Jan. 27, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists announced that the human race is at its closest point in history of annihilation.

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With great fanfare last week, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists — the keepers of the Doomsday Clock — inched their symbolic ...

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That is the closest it has ever been in the history of this symbolic portrayal of the state of the world. Since 1947, the Doomsday Clock has metaphorically represented the risk that we will succumb to ...

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If you feel like we are inching nearer to the end of the world, you are not alone. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on ...