Doomsday Clock is 100 seconds away from midnight – the closest it’s ever been to the apocalypse

Scientists pushed the clock ahead because of the growing threat of nuclear proliferation, climate change, and cyber-based disinformation.

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· Jan 24, 2020 · 02:53 pm

Trump effect: Doomsday Clock now at two-and-a-half minutes to midnight, the worst setting since 1953

In 2016, the world had failed to come to grips with the most ‘pressing existential threats, nuclear weapons and climate change’, the makers of the clock said.

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· Jan 27, 2017 · 10:43 am