"In the time between writing and releasing this song, The Doomsday Clock has ticked from 2 minutes, to 100 seconds, to 90 seconds to Midnight," says Bryan Reed, the band's lead lyricist. "While the ...

The scientists placed the hands of the 1947 clock at seven minutes to midnight. Since then it has moved closer to and farther away from midnight, depending on world events. In the early days of the ...

The Doomsday Clock is a metaphor that represents how close humanity is to self-destruction, due to nuclear weapons and climate change. The clock hands are set by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, ...