The metaphorical clock measures how close humanity is to self-destruction, because of nuclear disaster, climate change, AI ...

Over the last century, the dangers threatening humanity have evolved with rapid scientific and technological progress.

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, ...

When the Doomsday Clock was created in 1947, the greatest danger to humanity came from nuclear weapons, in particular from the prospect that the United States and the Soviet Union were headed for a ...

The expression “x minutes to midnight” is associated with the Doomsday Clock, a symbolic representation of how far (or near) ...