Humanity is closer than ever to global catastrophe as the Doomsday Clock has been moved closer to midnight. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has set the clock at 85 seconds to midnight - four ...

12:11, Tue, Jan 27, 2026 Updated: 13:12, Tue, Jan 27, 2026 The Doomsday Clock 2026 announcement is set to take place on Tuesday. The annual event sees leading scientists reveal how close they believe ...

Earth is closer than ever to global catastrophe as major world powers grow increasingly confrontational and cooperative efforts to reduce existential risks break down, a group of scientists warned ...

Humanity continues to move closer to catastrophe, scientists said Tuesday, Jan. 27. The human race is at its closest point yet to destroying itself, according to the reset of the ominous but symbolic ...

The annual Doomsday Clock announcement is taking place today (Tuesday) at 3pm. Atomic scientists set the clock which warns the public about how close we are to the end of the world. The Bulletin of ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists members, from left, Jon B. Wolfsthal, Asha M. George and Steve Fetter reveal the Doomsday ...

At the onset of the nuclear era, scientists created the Doomsday Clock as a symbolic indicator of how near humanity is to annihilating the planet. The Doomsday Clock is now at 85 seconds to midnight, ...

The 2026 Doomsday Clock is ticking closer to midnight, signaling humanity edging to the "closest it has ever been to catastrophe" according to the Atomic Scientists, and the human race destroying ...

The annual Doomsday Clock announcement took place today (Tuesday) at 3pm. Atomic scientists set the clock which warns the public about how close we are to the end of the world. Today they announced ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Atomic scientists set their "Doomsday Clock" on Tuesday closer than ever to midnight, citing aggressive behavior by nuclear powers Russia, China and the United States, ...

Humanity is the closest it’s ever been to the end of the world – 85 seconds, to be exact. Scientists pushed the hands of the Doomsday Clock, which predicts how close humanity is to extinction, by four ...