This result will have dialled back the doomsday clock on Sean Everitt's Edinburgh career, but it will take a quantum leap forward if he can't find a way to get his team to replicate this ...

The Doomsday Clock is a metaphor for how close humanity is to self-annihilation, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which has maintained the clock since 1947.

T he Doomsday Clock, a symbolic tracker that represents the likelihood of human-made destruction, was updated Tuesday to 90 seconds to midnight—the closest to global catastrophe it’s ever been.

The Doomsday Clock, created in 1947, is a metaphor to warn humanity about how close we are to destroying the world by our own doing, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.. It was ...

The 2023 Doomsday Clock is displayed before of a live-streamed event with members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on January 24, 2023 in Washington, DC Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images 2023 ...

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has moved its Doomsday Clock forward for 2025, announcing that it is now set to 89 seconds to midnight –— the closest it’s ever been to catastrophe.

The Doomsday Clock is seen at 89 seconds to midnight, the closest the clock has ever been to midnight in its 78-year history. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images ...

The Doomsday Clock now stands at 89 seconds to midnight, the closest to catastrophe in its nearly eight-decade history. Here's a look at how — and why — it's moved.

This result will have dialled back the doomsday clock on Sean Everitt's Edinburgh career, but it will take a quantum leap forward if he can't find a way to get his team to replicate this ...