The Doomsday Clock is now at 89 seconds to midnight and we’ve never been closer to annihilation. Here’s everything you need to know about the recent announcement, the origins of the clock, and its presence in pop culture.
The Earth is moving closer to destruction and we’ve never been closer to our collective demise.
Hope you’re having a cracking day so far.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists advanced its famous Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds till midnight, the closest it has ever been.
The organisation J. Robert Oppenheimer co-founded in 1945 made the annual announcement — which rates how close humanity is from ending — citing threats that include climate change, proliferation of nuclear weapons, instability in the Middle East, the threat of pandemics and incorporation of artificial intelligence in military operations.