Symbolic clock is currently set at 5 minutes to midnight. Jan. 14, 2010— -- Is humanity approaching an apocalypse? Today, a group of international scientists will move the hands of the ...

The nuclear ‘Doomsday Clock’ is ticking closer to midnight amid ‘commonplace’ talk of World War III, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday while issuing a warning.

Earlier this year, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced that it was moving the hands of the Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds before midnight, a symbolic hour signifying global catastrophe. The ...

Much of the carbon dioxide released today will continue warming the planet for centuries, shaping not only our lives but the ...