The Independent: Doomsday Clock ticks one second closer to total apocalypse

[Dennis Donovan]

The Independent - Doomsday Clock ticks one second closer to total apocalypse

Andrew Griffin
Tuesday 28 January 2025 10:18 EST

The world is closer than ever before to total apocalypse, the scientists behind the Doomsday Clock have warned.

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists – the group that sets the time of the clock, which is intended to show the chance of annihilation from a range of threats – said that it was moving the clock forwards once more.

The clock now stands at 89 seconds. For the last two years, it had been at 90 seconds – itself already closer than ever before.

The Doomsday Clock was begun in 1947, as a metaphor for the danger that the world was facing. Then, it was primarily intended as a way of expressing the possible dangers from nuclear warfare, though it has taken in other threats such as artificial intelligence and climate change since.

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[Dennis Donovan]

1. Lenny Bruce is NOT afraid...

[Historic NY]

2. Give it another month Trump is surely going to get it ticking again,

The final countdown