LONDON — In January, the leaders of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced, for the third year in a row, that the world was at “doom’s doorstep.” The group declared that the Doomsday Clock ...

The hands of the "Doomsday Clock" have officially been reset to 85 seconds to midnight, the closest to catastrophe humanity has ever been before. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Science and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Earth is closer than it's ever been to destruction as Russia, China, the U.S. and other countries become “increasingly aggressive, ...

The midnight doomsday clock headlines can sound like a final countdown, but the Doomsday Clock is a warning symbol, not a prediction. It is reset each year by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists to ...