The assessment reflected growing risks related to nuclear weapons, climate change, AI, autocracy, biological technologies and other human-made threats.

Earth is closer than it's ever been to destruction as Russia, China, the U.S. and other countries become “increasingly aggressive, adversarial, and nationalistic,” a science-oriented advocacy group ...

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists now says humanity is a metaphorical 85 seconds to global disaster.

By Will Dunham 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 ...

The clock moved to 85 seconds to midnight, the closest it has come to catastrophe since its debut 80 years ago.

Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock closer to midnight than ever. Here's what it means and why it matters in Alabama.

Earth is closer than it's ever been to destruction as Russia, China, the U.S. and other countries become “increasingly aggressive, adversarial, and nationalistic,” a science-oriented advocacy group ...

On Jan. 27, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists announced that the human race is at its closest point in history of annihilation.

The Doomsday Clock was developed by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists to warn about dangerous technologies and risks in the world. Doomsday means the end of the world, or a time when something very ...

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The group said the clock could be turned back if leaders and nations worked together to address existential risks.