The Doomsday Clock moves to 85 seconds to midnight in 2026, marking a new record for global risk.

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 ...

The hands of the "Doomsday Clock" have officially been reset to 85 seconds to midnight, the closest to catastrophe humanity has ever been before. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Science and ...

At the dawn of the nuclear age, scientists created the Doomsday Clock as a symbolic representation of how close humanity is to destroying the world. On Tuesday, nearly eight decades later, the clock ...

The world is closer to humanity’s collapse than ever before, according to a team of atomic scientists. The Doomsday Clock is set at 85 seconds to midnight, its closest ever. Main threats include ...

What is the Doomsday Clock? The Doomsday Clock is a visual representation of how close the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists believes the world is to global catastrophe, focusing on the greatest ...

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists first debuted the clock as a symbolic way to track how close humanity was to annihilating itself. We've got 3 minutes.

Doomsday may be inching closer, if scientists believe climate change, artificial intelligence and misinformation are increasing risks to humanity. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will determine ...

We’re once again approaching the annual resetting of the Doomsday Clock. Last January, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a group of very smart people, moved the ...