The clock's position this year was set based on "nuclear weapons threats, the climate crisis, biological threats, and disruptive technologies like artificial intelligence," according to a press ...

The Doomsday Clock, a grave indicator of global peril ... 1947 has been that we need ultimately to rid ourselves of nuclear weapons. In my opinion this would be disastrous and cannot be done." ...

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, ...