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The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has reset the iconic Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds to midnight. For the second consecutive year, it is the closest the world has ever been to global catastrophe.

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Atomic scientists moved their "Doomsday Clock" closer to midnight than ever before, citing Russian nuclear threats amid its ...

The Doomsday Clock, a symbolic measure of humanity’s proximity to global catastrophe, has been set at 89 seconds to ...

The quantum revolution is advancing technology, and new experimental equipment from the University of Barcelona helps ...

Seventy-eight years ago, scientists created a unique sort of timepiece — named the Doomsday Clock — as a symbolic attempt to ...

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Scientists and global leaders revealed on Tuesday that the "Doomsday Clock" has been reset to the closest humanity has ever ...

Due to "deeply concerning" world trends, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' said its "Doomsday Clock" is now 89 seconds ...

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