On January 24, 2023, the Clock was moved to 90 seconds (1 minute, 30 seconds) before midnight, meaning that the Clock's current setting is the closest it has ever been to midnight since its inception in 1947. . The clock's setting was left unchanged in 2021 and 2022. Doomsday Clock moves to 90 . . @ @ 9 @ @ @ @ ?vI @ @Kuo @ @ @ @@WE @ HJ @ @ @ #kD @ \6! /ColorSpace 5 0 R /Intent /Perceptual /SMask 15 0 R /BitsPerComponent 8 /Length @ @ @ @ t5P! Each year they reset it at somewhere between 11:45 PM and Midnight, the countdown to Doomsday. @ @ ;I @ @ @ @ 9 @ @@@uo @ @ @ @@WE @ '= @ @ @ #1 @ t \6! @ @ 9 @ @ @ @ ?vI @ @Kuo @ @ @ @@WE @ HJ @ @ @ #kD @ \6! @ @ @ @ t5P! @ @ w;I @ @ @ @ 9w @ @@@& @ @ @ @ 4 @ @N`z ) @ @ @ @ Gb @ y @ @ @ #@ @ \$%@ @ @ @ CL"@ @ ]9{ @ @ @ @ v( @ @ ; @ @ @ @ vI @ @K uo @ @ @ @@WE @ p's= @ @ @ #p1 @ t mB @ @ @ jHC @ v @ @ @ @ r!& @ @ .M @ @ @ @ ;] i @ @@R @ @ @ @@];$ @ % @ @ @ @`G" @ HJ @ @ @ kD @ r^6! @ @ 9 @ @ @ @ ?vI @ @Kuo @ @ @ @@WE @ HJ @ @ @ #kD @ \6! @ @ @ @ d5P! The world is closer to catastrophe than ever: the Doomsday Clock, the metaphorical measure of challenges to humanity, was reset to 90 seconds before midnight on Tuesday. In the long run and for the "health of the game" the clock is an improvement but, commenter Cabish47 said yesterday, "Our engaged minds will speed up to appreciate situations.". ", "Running the 'Doomsday Clock' is a full-time job. @ @ w;I @ @ @ @ 9w @ @@@& @ @ @ @ 4 @ @N`z ) @ @ @ @ Gb @ y @ @ @ #@ @ \$%@ @ @ @ CL"@ @ ]9{ @ @ @ @ v( @ @ ; @ @ @ @ vI @ @K uo @ @ @ @@WE @ p's= @ @ @ #p1 @ t mB @ @ @ jHC @ v @ @ @ @ r!& @ @ .M @ @ @ @ ;] i @ @@R @ @ @ @@];$ @ % @ @ @ @`G" @ HJ @ @ @ kD @ r^6! [17] Members of the board judge Midnight by discussing how close they think humanity is to the end of civilization. @ @ ;I @ @ @ @ 9 @ @@@uo @ @ @ @@WE @ '= @ @ @ #1 @ t \6! @ @ @ @ t5P! The hands currently stand at 100 seconds before midnight; the BAS set that time in 2020 and it held steady in 2021, Live Science previously reported. This year, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moves the hands of the Doomsday Clock forward, largely (though not exclusively) because of the mounting dangers of the war in Ukraine. @ @ 9 @ @ @ @ ?vI @ @Kuo @ @ @ @@WE @ HJ @ @ @ #kD @ \6! Before this year, it did so in 2020. For the first time in decades, this ongoing war brings nuclear threat to the forefront. @ @ @ @ t5P! @ @ @ @ t5P! @ @ @ @ t5P! @ @ @ @ t5P! @ @ ;I @ @ @ @ 9 @ @@@uo @ @ @ @@WE @ '= @ @ @ #1 @ t \6! Much of Tuesday's announcement focused on Russia, and President Vladimir Putin's threat to use nuclear weapons and his refusal to accept anything other than victory in Ukraine. Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). @ @ @ @ t5P! @ @ @ @ t5P! [24] Tristin Hopper in the National Post acknowledges that "there are plenty of things to worry about regarding climate change", but states that climate change is not in the same league as total nuclear destruction. @ @ ;I @ @ @ @ 9 @ @@@uo @ @ @ @@WE @ '= @ @ @ #1 @ t \6! (Photo by EVA HAMBACH/AFP via Getty Images), The Doomsday Clock: What is it and why it sped up. x1 Om @a0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0`0` t @ @ @ @ t5P! @ @ ;I @ @ @ @ 9 @ @@@uo @ @ @ @@WE @ '= @ @ @ #1 @ t \6! >> Well, the Doomsday Clock is not a real tick-tock-ing clock but a metaphorical countdown toward the destruction that scientists believe will naturally occur if nuclear power is left unchecked. @ @ ;I @ @ @ @ 9 @ @@@uo @ @ @ @@WE @ '= @ @ @ #1 @ t \6! @ @ ;I @ @ @ @ 9 @ @@@uo @ @ @ @@WE @ '= @ @ @ #1 @ t \6! The group says on its website, "Ensuring the survival of our societies and the human species is not a political agenda. The Bulletins 2022 statement by its editor is addressed to "leaders and citizens of the world. PROGRAM Panel 1 Who and What Are Driving the Rush Toward World War? @ @ ;I @ @ @ @ 9 @ @@@uo @ @ @ @@WE @ '= @ @ @ #1 @ t \6! The initial setting of the Doomsday Clock. Russia suspended its participation in the treaty in February 2023. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles, 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference, political action to address global climate change, expressed disbelief in the scientific consensus over climate change, "How Many Hiroshimas Does it Take to Describe Climate Change? The Doomsday Clock is sounding an alarm for the whole of humanity. Fun stories about food, relationships, the great outdoors and more. The invasion and annexation of Ukrainian territory have also violated international norms in ways that may embolden others to take actions that challenge previous understandings and threaten stability. @ @ @ @ t5P! @ @ ;I @ @ @ @ 9 @ @@@uo @ @ @ @@WE @ '= @ @ @ #1 @ t \6! The Doomsday Clock remained at 100 seconds to midnight in 2022 -- the same time it's been set as since 2020. In other years, the Clock's time has fluctuated from 17 minutes in 1991 to 2minutes 30seconds in 2017. There was also an evening event at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in conjunction with the Hirshhorn's current exhibit, "Damage Control: Art and Destruction Since 1950". @ @ 9 @ @ @ @ ?vI @ @Kuo @ @ @ @@WE @ HJ @ @ @ #kD @ \6! @ @ 9 @ @ @ @ ?vI @ @Kuo @ @ @ @@WE @ HJ @ @ @ #kD @ \6! @ @ @ @ t5P! @ @ ;I @ @ @ @ 9 @ @@@uo @ @ @ @@WE @ '= @ @ @ #1 @ t \6! 2 the number of minutes until midnight the "clock" had been set before 2020 which, up to that year of 2020, had been the closest the "clock" had been set to the stroke of midnight. The COVID-19 pandemic has also continued to surge, fueled by the emergence in 2021 of the highly contagious omicron variant; by public resistance to vaccinations, lockdowns and mask mandates; and by unequal access to vaccines and other preventative resources in countries worldwide. Copyright 2023 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. ", However, the statement adds, "The change in U.S. leadership alone was not enough to reverse negative international security trends that had been long in developing and continued across the threat horizon in 2021. @ @ ;I @ @ @ @ 9 @ @@@uo @ @ @ @@WE @ '= @ @ @ #1 @ t \6! The February 2021 agreement between the United States and Russia to renew New START for ve years is a decidedly positive development. endstream In 1994, Russia joined the United States and United Kingdom in Budapest, Hungary, to solemnly declare that it would "respect the independence and sovereignty and the existing borders of Ukraine" and "refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine" These assurances were made explicitly on the understanding that Ukraine would relinquish nuclear weapons on its soil and sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treatyboth of which Ukraine did. @ @ @ @ t5P! Keith Payne writes in the National Review that the Clock overestimates the effects of "developments in the areas of nuclear testing and formal arms control". But at a minimum, the United States must keep the door open to principled engagement with Moscow that reduces the dangerous increase in nuclear risk the war has fostered. [20], Cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker harshly criticized the Doomsday Clock as a political stunt, pointing to the words of its founder that its purpose was "to preserve civilization by scaring men into rationality." @ @ 9 @ @ @ @ ?vI @ @Kuo @ @ @ @@WE @ HJ @ @ @ #kD @ \6! But we are much more. @ @ @ * @ @ @@@> @ @ @@O @ @ J}C @ @ @ /U$@ @ @ | << /Type /Page /Parent 2 0 R /Resources 4 0 R /Contents 3 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] x 0]! 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The clock was first created in 1947. And today, we're closer than ever to total annihilation. @ @ @ @ t5P! @ @ @ @ t5P! Our community is international, with half of our website visitors coming from outside the United States. Future US, Inc. Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, endobj Cryptic lost Canaanite language decoded on 'Rosetta Stone'-like tablets, The ultimate action-packed science and technology magazine bursting with exciting information about the universe, Subscribe today and save an extra 5% with checkout code 'LOVE5', Engaging articles, amazing illustrations & exclusive interviews, Issues delivered straight to your door or device. @ @ @ @ t5P! @ @ ;I @ @ @ @ 9 @ @@@uo @ @ @ @@WE @ '= @ @ @ #1 @ t \6! @ @ @ @ t5P! @ @ @ @ t5P! In January 2007, designer Michael Bierut, who was on the Bulletin's Governing Board, redesigned the Doomsday Clock to give it a more modern feel. @ @ @ @ t5P! stream @ @ 9 @ @ @ @ ?vI @ @Kuo @ @ @ @@WE @ HJ @ @ @ #kD @ \6! @ @ 9 @ @ @ @ ?vI @ @Kuo @ @ @ @@WE @ HJ @ @ @ #kD @ \6! Legal Statement. Since the Doomsday Clock's last update in January 2021, evidence of escalating climate change has mounted. The scientists behind the Doomsday Clock use it to alert humanity to threats from within the perils we face from our own technologies, particularly through nuclear war, global climate change and biotechnology. In 2009, the Bulletin ceased its print edition and became one of the first print publications in the U.S. to become entirely digital; the Clock is now found as part of the logo on the Bulletin's website. @ @ 9 @ @ @ @ ?vI @ @Kuo @ @ @ @@WE @ HJ @ @ @ #kD @ \6! Doomsdays: Top 9 real ways the world could end. @ @ @ @ t5P! @ @ @ @ @ @ 9.4s;d @ @ @ @ @ #. The Bulletin has many audiences: the general public, which will ultimately benefit or suffer from scientific breakthroughs; policy makers, whose duty is to harness those breakthroughs for good; and the scientists themselves, who produce those technological advances and thus bear a special responsibility. @ @ @ @ t5P! @ @ @ __E @ @ E @ @ @ ]9lB @ @ ]hi @ @ @ W @ @ r_} @ @ @@@= @ @ @@Z @ @ @ U$@ @ @ W`_$@ @ @ %w& @ @ u @ @ @ @ @ @ G @ @ @ t @ @ t]! @ @ @ @ t5P! Other reasons that were cited included climate change, biological threats such as COVID-19, and risks associated with disinformation and disruptive technologies. The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in southeastern Ukraine is Europe's largest and among the 10 largest in the world. @ @ @ @ t5P! @ @ @ @ t5P! @ @ ;I @ @ @ @ 9 @ @@@uo @ @ @ @@WE @ '= @ @ @ #1 @ t \6! @ @ ;I @ @ @ @ 9 @ @@@uo @ @ @ @@WE @ '= @ @ @ #1 @ t \6! @ @ ;I @ @ @ @ 9 @ @@@uo @ @ @ @@WE @ '= @ @ @ #1 @ t \6! @ @ 9 @ @ @ @ ?vI @ @Kuo @ @ @ @@WE @ HJ @ @ @ #kD @ \6! 256336 /Filter /FlateDecode >> @ @ 9 @ @ @ @ ?vI @ @Kuo @ @ @ @@WE @ HJ @ @ @ #kD @ \6! February 27, 2022 by SkyWatch Editor. In Germany, there was a . @ @ z= @ @ @ G^;M @ @ K`{ @ @ @ @ z( @ @ {=HJ @ @ @ #p& @ %I @ @ @ @ =Y i @ @=o$%@ @ @ @ q @ $ @ @ @ @ 4 @ @@ @ @ @ @ k @ d to @ @ @ @@@VE @ pOI @ @ @ @ {CD @ |7 @ @ @ @G " @ ' @ @ @ @ =!n"@ @ Y{> @ @ @ #@ @ @R @ @ @ @{7 @ @ ,=MB @ @ @ jHC @ |{ ) @ @ @ @`v @ @@O&! Of the new update, Mary Robinson, former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, said: "The Doomsday Clock is sounding an alarm for the whole of humanity. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Heres a brief history of what the clock symbolizes and how it started. @ @ @ @ t5P! @ @ @ @ t5P! Information about the Doomsday Clock Symposium,[10] a timeline of the Clock's settings,[11] and multimedia shows about the Clock's history and culture[12] can also be found on the Bulletin's website. Market data provided by Factset. The clock was first created in 1947. @ @ @ @ t5P! The US government, its NATO allies, and Ukraine have a multitude of channels for dialogue; they all should be explored. @ @ 9 @ @ @ @ ?vI @ @Kuo @ @ @ @@WE @ HJ @ @ @ #kD @ \6! Finding a path to serious peace negotiations could go a long way toward reducing the risk of escalation. TwekL$&-uiSd?p}*+~t |"u2N#V/ k].3["r-0['= rY]H) tC/&UDTZBk:O: 8P8&=YbsoP+&\BL~c>%'6_Zb]TSN|:B8M cY*c{#.:{$"/*}_6eo\L>(UwmH_4vL/w0v(kaCH49yMk!xY{@Xce(P[6m'$gCo+Hk9BWeM;|18+?Wem$LaHUW8D[(8!tAXAIp"JQlGn516CM:B4ups}.6y.lp\GHrd>\({v4p{0 HhZ59Cyi#I8'#'J(cqi!CGpi Climate change just compounds the crisis". @ @ ;I @ @ @ @ 9 @ @@@uo @ @ @ @@WE @ '= @ @ @ #1 @ t \6! Not the blather, not an excess of space, but space. @ @ ;I @ @ @ @ 9 @ @@@uo @ @ @ @@WE @ '= @ @ @ #1 @ t \6! @ @ @ @ t5P! This is caused by the current situation between Russia and Ukraine. @ @ 9 @ @ @ @ ?vI @ @Kuo @ @ @ @@WE @ HJ @ @ @ #kD @ \6! @ @ ;I @ @ @ @ 9 @ @@@uo @ @ @ @@WE @ '= @ @ @ #1 @ t \6! @ @ 9 @ @ @ @ ?vI @ @Kuo @ @ @ @@WE @ HJ @ @ @ #kD @ \6! [21][22] Alex Barasch in Slate argues that "Putting humanity on a permanent, blanket high-alert isn't helpful when it comes to policy or science", and criticizes the Bulletin for neither explaining nor attempting to quantify their methodology. In this time of unprecedented global danger, concerted action is required, and every second counts. @ @ 9 @ @ @ @ ?vI @ @Kuo @ @ @ @@WE @ HJ @ @ @ #kD @ \6! @ @ @ @ t5P! Ongoing nuclear risks, the threat of climate change, disruptive technologies and the seemingly endless coronavirus pandemic have brought us as close to doomsday as we've ever been, according to the annual Doomsday Clock announcement made Thursday in Washington, D.C. @ @ @ @ t5P! @ @ ;I @ @ @ @ 9 @ @@@uo @ @ @ @@WE @ '= @ @ @ #1 @ t \6! It has been set backward and forward 25 times since then, the smallest-ever number of minutes to midnight being two (in 1953 and 2018) and the largest seventeen (in 1991). This year's Doomsday Clock statement cites not just nukes but carbon emissions, infectious diseases, and "internet-enabled misinformation and disinformation." Earlier this month, the Bulletin reminded us that even as 2022 began, "we called out Ukraine as a potential flashpoint in an increasingly tense international security landscape. @ @ w;I @ @ @ @ 9w @ @@@& @ @ @ @ 4 @ @N`z ) @ @ @ @ Gb @ y @ @ @ #@ @ \$%@ @ @ @ CL"@ @ ]9{ @ @ @ @ v( @ @ ; @ @ @ @ vI @ @K uo @ @ @ @@WE @ p's= @ @ @ #p1 @ t mB @ @ @ jHC @ v @ @ @ @ r!& @ @ .M @ @ @ @ ;] i @ @@R @ @ @ @@];$ @ % @ @ @ @`G" @ HJ @ @ @ kD @ r^6! /ColorSpace 5 0 R /Intent /Perceptual /SMask 14 0 R /BitsPerComponent 8 /Length The Doomsday Clock is a symbol that represents the likelihood of a human-made global catastrophe, in the opinion of the members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. @ @ @ @ t5P! ", "Doomsday Clock set at 90 seconds to midnight", "Doomsday Clock moving closer to midnight? @ @ 9 @ @ @ @ ?vI @ @Kuo @ @ @ @@WE @ HJ @ @ @ #kD @ \6! This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, Market data provided by Factset. 4 0 obj @ @ ;I @ @ @ @ 9 @ @@@uo @ @ @ @@WE @ '= @ @ @ #1 @ t \6! Then it concludes, "Without swift and focused action, truly catastrophic events events that could end civilization as we know it are more likely. The Bulletins website, iconic Doomsday Clock, and regular events equip the public, policy makers, and scientists with the information needed to reduce manmade threats to our existence. In the decades that followed, other looming risks have emerged, including rapidly-accelerating climate change and pandemics. @ @ @ @ d5P! @ @ w;I @ @ @ @ 9w @ @@@& @ @ @ @ 4 @ @N`z ) @ @ @ @ Gb @ y @ @ @ #@ @ \$%@ @ @ @ CL"@ @ ]9{ @ @ @ @ v( @ @ ; @ @ @ @ vI @ @K uo @ @ @ @@WE @ p's= @ @ @ #p1 @ t mB @ @ @ jHC @ v @ @ @ @ r!& @ @ .M @ @ @ @ ;] i @ @@R @ @ @ @@];$ @ % @ @ @ @`G" @ HJ @ @ @ kD @ r^6! In January 2023, it was moved forward to 90seconds (1minute,30 seconds) before midnight. @ @ @ @ t5P! This extension creates a [6], The Doomsday Clock has become a universally recognized metaphor according to The Two-Way, an NPR blog. @ @ @ @ t5P! The Clock was first represented in 1947, when the Bulletin co-founder Hyman Goldsmith asked artist Martyl Langsdorf (wife of Manhattan Project research associate and Szilrd petition signatory Alexander Langsdorf, Jr.) to design a cover for the magazine's June 1947 issue. That's the closest ever to total nuclear doom, the global catastrophe. @ @ 9 @ @ @ @ ?vI @ @Kuo @ @ @ @@WE @ HJ @ @ @ #kD @ \6! @ @ ;I @ @ @ @ 9 @ @@@uo @ @ @ @@WE @ '= @ @ @ #1 @ t \6! << /Type /XObject /Subtype /Image /Width 498 /Height 212 /Interpolate true 100 the number of seconds until midnight the "clock" is set at this year. New START, is scheduled to expire in February 2026. . @ @ @ @ t5P! All rights reserved. All rights reserved. NY 10036. Terms of UsePrivacy Policy, 1307 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637 | 773.702.6308, A time of unprecedented danger: It is 90 seconds to midnight, About the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned. @ @ @ @ t5P! @ @ @ @ t5P! That's why atomic scientists created the Doomsday Clock 75 years ago in 1947. @ @ z= @ @ @ G^;M @ @ K`{ @ @ @ @ z( @ @ {=HJ @ @ @ #p& @ %I @ @ @ @ =Y i @ @=o$%@ @ @ @ q @ $ @ @ @ @ 4 @ @@ @ @ @ @ k @ d to @ @ @ @@@VE @ pOI @ @ @ @ {CD @ |7 @ @ @ @G " @ ' @ @ @ @ =!n"@ @ Y{> @ @ @ @ @ Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. @ @ @ @ t5P! 1 0 obj Also with China and North Korea essentially backing Russia the nuclear tension . @ @ @ @ t5P! As Eugene Rabinowitch, another co-founder of the Bulletin, explained later: The Bulletin's Clock is not a gauge to register the ups and downs of the international power struggle; it is intended to reflect basic changes in the level of continuous danger in which mankind lives in the nuclear age[8], Langsdorf chose a clock to reflect the urgency of the problem: like a countdown, the Clock suggests that destruction will naturally occur unless someone takes action to stop it.[9]. Homo sapiens, the dominant species on Planet Earth, may well ", "Doomsday Clock Moves Closer To Midnight, We're 2 Minutes From World Annihilation", "What The Doomsday Clock Doesn't Tell Us", "Doomsday Clock Is Set at 2 Minutes to Midnight, Closest Since 1950s", "Why the Doomsday Clock is an idiotic indicator the world's media should ignore", "Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight", "The Famed 'Doomsday Clock' Is Little More Than A Liberal Angst Meter", "Hands of the 'Doomsday Clock' turned back three minutes", "Nukes, climate push 'Doomsday Clock' forward", "Doomsday Clock moves to five minutes to midnight", "Doomsday Clock moves two minutes closer to midnight", "It is two and a half minutes to midnight", "The Doomsday Clock just advanced, 'thanks to Trump': It's now just 2 minutes to 'midnight. @ @ @ @ t5P! The farthest time from midnight was 17 minutes in 1991, and the nearest is 90 seconds, set on January 24, 2023. @ @ @ @ t5P! Really", "A Timeline of Conflict, Culture, and Change", "Damage Control: Art and Destruction Since 1950", "Doomsday Clock ticks closer to midnight", "The Doomsday Clock Is Reset: Closest To Midnight Since The 1950s", "What is the Doomsday Clock and why does it matter? ET, as BAS announces the Doomsday Clock's update and commemorates the clock's 75th anniversary in a live press event that you can watch here at Live Science, on the BAS website and on the organization's Facebook page. @ @ ;I @ @ @ @ 9 @ @@@uo @ @ @ @@WE @ '= @ @ @ #1 @ t \6! When the clock debuted to the public after World War II, nuclear weapons were thought to be the biggest human-created threat to our existence. [11][18] Discussing the change to .mw-parser-output .sfrac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .sfrac.tion,.mw-parser-output .sfrac .tion{display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.5em;font-size:85%;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .sfrac .num,.mw-parser-output .sfrac .den{display:block;line-height:1em;margin:0 0.1em}.mw-parser-output .sfrac .den{border-top:1px solid}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}2+1/2 minutes in 2017, the first use of a fraction in the Clock's history, Lawrence Krauss, one of the scientists from the Bulletin, warned that political leaders must make decisions based on facts, and those facts "must be taken into account if the future of humanity is to be preserved. Editors note: Additional information on the threats posed by nuclear weapons, climate change, biological events, and the misuse of other disruptive technologies can be found elsewhere on this page and in the full PDF / print version of the Doomsday Clock statement. By the way, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists insists none of this is political. The Doomsday Clock reads 100 seconds to midnight, a decision made by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (just as it did back in January 2020 and last year as well). 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The Bulletin is an independent, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. @ @ @ @ t5P! @ @ @ @ t5P! News/Politics 2022-12-19T02:05:48.583Z. @ @ @ @ t5P! The Science and Security Board (SASB) is comprised of a select group of globally recognized leaders with a specific focus on nuclear risk, climate change, and disruptive technologies. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. 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