The end of the world is coming... eventually. But for more than half a century now, a global team of scientists have been getting together to try and tell us all just how close we are to the end.

A panel of scientists and scholars said Thursday they believe the world is as close as it has ever been to a so-called doomsday scenario. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, which has been tracking the ...

Rachel Bronson of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists explains how the annual Doomsday Clock is set, reflecting worldwide ...

The Doomsday Clock has been moved one minute closer to midnight – meaning that the world is theoretically one step closer to a huge global disaster. Japan’s Fukushima accident last year was also a ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. One of the experts who helped make that decision is University of Chicago physics ...

Since 1947, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) has used the metaphor of the Doomsday Clock as a means of communicating how close the human species is to self-imposed annihilation, represented ...

I hope they never retire the Doomsday Clock because its entertainment value is priceless. If you’re unaware of the Doomsday Clock, its purpose is to represent how close the human race is to extinction ...

Moscow: Eight decades after the United States struck Japan’s Hiroshima and Nagasaki with nuclear bombs, the world is beginning to witness the same shadows returning. Cities have not fallen, but the ...

WASHINGTON -- The Doomsday Clock was reset to 100 seconds to midnight, meaning the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists does not think the world is a safer place in 2020. This is the closest the clock ...

The Doomsday Clock showed strong negative associations with mortality specific to Alzheimer's disease and several mental health conditions. (Bulletin of the Atomic Sciences) In a proof-of-concept ...