For the first time in three years, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) moved the Doomsday Clock forward by one second ...

The Doomsday Clock, which has been used to examine the world’s vulnerability to global catastrophe for nearly a century, has moved one second closer to midnight. On Jan. 28, the Bulletin of the ...

Introduced in 1947, the clock is a symbolic instrument informing the public when humankind is facing imminent disaster. The movement of its hands, either forward or backward, is decided by the Science ...

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, ...

MANILA, Philippines—The Doomsday Clock’s hands inch forward, now frozen at 89 seconds to midnight — the closest they have ever been to global catastrophe. A mere second separates us from ...

One month ago, we turned the calendar on a new year. But just days ago, another clock turned – the so-called Doomsday clock. That symbolic clock was created 76 years ago by atomic scientists, ...

“The End of the Whole Mess,” by Stephen King, who is renowned as the “King of Horror,” is a scary but sad short story about two brothers. Written about 40 years ago, it is set in what ...