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The farthest time from midnight was 17 minutes in 1991, and the nearest is 90 seconds, set in January 2023. The Clock was moved to 150 seconds (2 minutes, 30 seconds) in 2017, then forward to 2 minutes to midnight in January 2018, and left unchanged in 2019. [ 6 ]
The Doomsday Clock has moved closer to midnight than it has ever been, and is now just 90 seconds away from striking 12, scientists have said.
The time on the symbolic clock was set at 90 seconds to midnight, the same as in 2023. Prior to that it had stood at 100 seconds to midnight, closer to destruction than at any point since it was ...
The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists reset the Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight for the second year in a row, matching the closest to the hour it’s ever been. Once the clock strikes 12, it ...
The Clock has been set forward and back over the years as circumstances have changed; as of 2023, it is set at 90 seconds to midnight. [4] The Doomsday Clock is used to represent threats to humanity from a variety of sources: nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, climate change, [5] and disruptive technologies. [6]
Screenshot of the UTC clock from time.gov during the leap second on 31 December 2016.. A leap second is a one-second adjustment that is occasionally applied to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), to accommodate the difference between precise time (International Atomic Time (TAI), as measured by atomic clocks) and imprecise observed solar time (), which varies due to irregularities and long-term ...
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists just moved its apocalyptic Doomsday Clock to 90 seconds to midnight—the closest it's ever been. Not good.
The Doomsday Clock: why there’s no point worrying about Armageddon The Guardian (1/26/2015) The Doomsday Clock has been ticking for 70 years. It’s time to let it die. Grist (1/30/2021) It's Time to Nuke the Doomsday Clock Gizmodo (1/20/2022) disparaging Why the Doomsday Clock really moved Alexandra Petri (1/10/2012)