USA Today: The Doomsday Clock just ticked closer to midnight
Scientists moved the hands of the symbolic "Doomsday Clock" closer to midnight on Thursday amid increasing worries over nuclear weapons and climate change.
The clock is now two minutes to midnight. “Because of the extraordinary danger of the current moment, the Science and Security Board today moves the minute hand of the Doomsday Clock 30 seconds closer to catastrophe," said Rachel Bronson, president of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. "This is the closest the Clock has ever been to Doomsday, and as close as it was in 1953, at the height of the Cold War.”
Each year, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a non-profit group that sets the clock, decides whether the events of the previous year pushed humanity closer or farther from destruction.
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WNU Editor: We are living in a time that is more dangerous (nuclear Armageddon speaking) than the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1963?!?!?!? No way! This is .... to put it bluntly .... this is crap.
More News On The "Doomsday Clock" Moving Closer To Midnight
Nuclear concerns push 'Doomsday Clock' closer to midnight -- AFP
Scientists move Doomsday Clock ahead to 2 minutes to midnight -- CBC
The Doomsday Clock just moved: It's now 2 minutes to 'midnight,' the symbolic hour of the apocalypse -- Washington Post
'Doomsday Clock' moves closest to midnight since the Cold War -- The Hill
'Doomsday clock' ticks closer to apocalyptic midnight -- CNN
The 'Doomsday Clock' has moved back to its most alarming position in the symbol's 71-year history -- Business Insider
Doomsday Clockwork -- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists