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The world is closer to destruction than ever before, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the group behind the "Doomsday Clock," argued. It added that the infamous clock is set at 85 seconds to ...

Earth is closer than ever to global catastrophe as major world powers grow increasingly confrontational and cooperative efforts to reduce existential risks break down, a group of scientists warned ...

Humanity continues to move closer to catastrophe, scientists said Tuesday, Jan. 27. The human race is at its closest point yet to destroying itself, according to the reset of the ominous but symbolic ...

The annual Doomsday Clock announcement is taking place today (Tuesday) at 3pm. Atomic scientists set the clock which warns the public about how close we are to the end of the world. The Bulletin of ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists members, from left, Jon B. Wolfsthal, Asha M. George and Steve Fetter reveal the Doomsday ...

At the dawn of the nuclear age, scientists created the Doomsday Clock as a symbolic representation of how close humanity is to destroying the world. On Tuesday, nearly eight decades later, the clock ...

The 2026 Doomsday Clock is ticking closer to midnight, signaling humanity edging to the "closest it has ever been to catastrophe" according to the Atomic Scientists, and the human race destroying ...

Humanity is the closest it’s ever been to the end of the world – 85 seconds, to be exact. Scientists pushed the hands of the Doomsday Clock, which predicts how close humanity is to extinction, by four ...

Is Doomsday coming closer? Scientists will let us know next Tuesday, Jan. 27, whether or not the time of the historic "Doomsday Clock" will be adjusted. Now at 89 seconds to midnight, the clock is ...

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