The concept comes from the work of Edward Norton Lorenz, a mathematician and meteorologist who defined the butterfly effect as: “The phenomenon that a small alteration in the state of a dynamical ...

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Podcasters Josh and Chuck recently discussed how humans are just "89 seconds" away from global catastrophe as per the metaphorical timer called the Doomsday Clock. The duo talked about the same in ...

Langsdorf is perhaps best known for designing the Doomsday Clock in 1947, which became an enduring symbol of the existential threats posed by nuclear weapons. As the clock's hands shift annually t ...