The Doomsday Clock now stands at 89 seconds to midnight, the closest to catastrophe in its nearly eight-decade history.

Starting in 1947, the advocacy group used a clock to symbolize the potential and even likelihood of people doing something to end humanity. After the end of the Cold War, it was as close as 17 minutes ...

In the past few years, to address rapid global changes, the group has changed from counting down the minutes until midnight to counting down the seconds. The group said the clock could be turned ...

The clock was originally placed at seven minutes to midnight in 1947. Last year, it was left unchanged at 90 seconds. In ...

She set the original hands at seven minutes to midnight because "it looked good to my eye." The clock graced the cover of the 1947 Bulletin and has remained its iconic image ... the 9/11 terrorist ...