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noun
- 1. a symbolic clock whose time is moved closer to and further away from midnight to indicate the current likelihood of a man-made catastrophe causing the destruction of the world: "the annual resetting of the doomsday clock is a major media event these days"
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The Doomsday Clock is a symbol that represents the likelihood of a human-made global catastrophe, in the opinion of the members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. [1] Maintained since 1947, the clock is a metaphor, not a prediction, for threats to humanity from unchecked scientific and technological advances.
Jan 23, 2024 · The Doomsday Clock is set every year by the Bulletin’s Science and Security Board in consultation with its Board of Sponsors, which includes nine Nobel laureates. The Clock has become a universally recognized indicator of the world’s vulnerability to global catastrophe caused by man-made technologies.
Jan 23, 2023 · The Doomsday Clock, 100 seconds to midnight (Credit: Thomas Gaulkin, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists) The Doomsday Clock depicts how close humanity is to armageddon – but where...
Jun 28, 2024 · Doomsday Clock, symbolic clock adopted by atomic scientists to show how close human beings are considered to be to a global catastrophe, with midnight standing for annihilation, or “doomsday.”
Jan 24, 2023 · Atomic scientists reset the Doomsday Clock on Tuesday, moving its hands to 90 seconds to midnight - closer than ever before to the threat of annihilation.
The Doomsday Clock is a symbol that represents how close we are to destroying the world with dangerous technologies of our own making. It warns how many metaphorical “minutes to midnight” humanity has left. Set every year by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, it is intended to warn the public and inspire action.
Jan 23, 2024 · The Doomsday Clock is a design that warns the public about how close we are to destroying our world with dangerous technologies of our own making. It is a metaphor, a reminder of the perils we must address if we are to survive on the planet.
Jan 25, 2018 · The Doomsday Clock was created by the board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in 1947 as a response to nuclear threats. The concept is simple – the closer the minute hand is to...
Jan 23, 2023 · The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced on Jan. 24 that the hands of the Doomsday Clock moved to 90 seconds to midnight—the closest it has ever been to apocalypse in the three-quarters of a century the Clock has been set.
Jan 27, 2021 · We set the Doomsday Clock at 100 seconds to midnight—the closest it has ever been—because the existential risks confronting humanity today call for quick and comprehensive action across the 21st century’s complex threat spectrum.
