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 ...

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, ...

My grandfather J. Robert Oppenheimer shared the first principle of nuclear weapons: The only safety from them is in cooperation. Trump agrees.

If the federal government wants to keep Medicare and Social Security intact for the next 75 years, it will need an extra $78.2 trillion in cash that is not available ...

Once the grid goes down, an old programming language called Forth—and a new operating system called Collapse OS—may be our only salvation.

Howard relents and resolves to help Bobby. This scene is rendered unforgettable by a depiction of the Doomsday Clock with its minute hand pointing at 15 seconds to midnight. In real life ...

The Doomsday Clock was designed by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists in 1947 to help us understand that the hands of the clock indicate the time in seconds or minutes until midnight, or the time ...

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 ...

Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window The Doomsday Clock showed strong negative associations with mortality specific to Alzheimer's disease and several ...