(NEXSTAR) – The Doomsday Clock, a concept designed by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists to represent humanity’s proximity to a global catastrophe, might be “reset” on Tuesday.

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 Bulletin of Atomic Scientists appears from its prophetic confines to let people across the globe know just how close we are to worldwide destruction. Their device is the Doomsday Clock.

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Scientists have moved the hands of the symbolic Doomsday Clock one second closer to "midnight," Daniel Holtz, Chairman of the Science and Safety Board of the US Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists ...

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 ...

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists recently pushed its famed Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds to midnight, the closest ever to humanity’s destruction. To his credit, President Donald Trump has ...

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 ...

All these factors have been taken into consideration during a meeting of Atomic Scientists in Chicago, who were there to discuss ow much time remains on their so-called "Doomsday Clock".