Doomsday Clock

  • 100 Seconds to Midnight

    100 Seconds to Midnight

    “We are in a stage of total denial,” said Mary Robinson, the first female president of Ireland. “The Clock has moved nearer than ever - nearer than at the height of the Cold War.” Mary Robinson and Ban Ki-moon, former secretary-general of the United Nations, joined Press the Button...

    January 27, 2020 - By Zack Brown

  • The Tick Tock of the Doomsday Clock

    The minute hand of the Doomsday Clock will stay at five minutes to midnight for the year 2013, say the scientists and experts at The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists who maintain one of the world’s most famous time pieces.

    January 15, 2013 - By Joe Cirincione

  • One Minute Closer to Doomsday

    Today the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a venerable organization begun by Manhattan Project leaders who presciently realized the implications of their work, moved the Doomsday Clock one minute closer to midnight. It now stands at 5 minutes to “doomsday.”

    January 10, 2012 - By Paul Carroll