Doomsday Clock, Atomic Scientists
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The Doomsday Clock is the closest it has ever been to midnight, after it was officially reset by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Science and Security Board (SASB) on Tuesday. The clock represents how close the world is to ending — or to a major global disaster.
The "Doomsday Clock" is a metaphor for how close humanity is to self-annihilation.
Since 1947 -- after the end of World War II and at the beginning of the Cold War -- the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists have kept what they call a "Doomsday Clock." Back when the clock was created the threat of some sort of ...