The latest Doomsday Clock, a symbol scientists use to show how close humanity is to destruction, has been updated. On 27 January 2026, the clock was moved to 85 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ...

‘We’re not crying wolf anymore’: US ‘doomsday’ clock strikes closer to a financial crisis - Like an out-of-control spender with a credit card, America’s debt is catching up with her ...

This year, scientists included a new potential threat in their decision to move the Doomsday Clock closer to midnight. So what is 'mirror life' and why are they concerned?

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Earlier this year, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced that it was moving ...

The Doomsday Clock has been ticking for exactly 75 years. But it's no ordinary clock. It attempts to gauge how close humanity is to destroying the world. Other WRAL Top Stories On Thursday, the clock ...

The keepers of the “Doomsday Clock” – a measure of dangers posed to civilisation – moved its hands forward by 2 minutes on Wednesday to reflect what its keepers call worsening nuclear and climate ...