Langsdorf initially considered drawing the symbol for uranium before sketching a clock to convey a sense of urgency. She set it at seven minutes to midnight because 'it looked good to my eye ...

University of Chicago professor Daniel Holz is one of the people who moved the Doomsday Clock forward last month. He's 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, ...

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 ...

In the past few years, to address rapid global changes, the group has changed from counting down the minutes until midnight to counting down the seconds. The group said the clock could be turned ...

"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 ...

"While I wish we could go back to talking about minutes to midnight instead of seconds, unfortunately, that no longer reflects reality," MacDonald said.What happens if the clock reaches midnight ...

the advocacy group used a clock to symbolize the potential and even likelihood of people doing something to end humanity. After the end of the Cold War, it was as close as 17 minutes to midnight.

"While I wish we could go back to talking about minutes to midnight instead of seconds, unfortunately, that no longer reflects reality," MacDonald said.What happens if the clock reaches midnight?The ...