The metaphorical clock measures how close humanity is to self-destruction, because of nuclear disaster, climate change, AI and misinformation.

The Doomsday Clock is a symbolic representation of the threat of human extinction, with midnight representing catastrophe.

The clock is meant as a metaphor for how close humanity is to self-annihilation, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which has maintained it since 1947. The group was founded two years earlier by University of Chicago scientists who had helped develop the first nuclear weapons for the Manhattan Project.

Humanity is inching toward its own annihilation, according the iconic Doomsday Clock, which moved the closest its ever been to midnight—just 89 seconds away.

The world is closer than ever before to total apocalypse, the scientists behind the Doomsday Clock have warned. The Doomsday Clock was begun in 1947, as a metaphor for the danger that the world was facing.

(AP) - to, a science-oriented advocacy group said Tuesday as it advanced its famous “Doomsday Clock” to 89 seconds till ... s concerned about cooperation between countries such as North Korea, Russia and China in developing nuclear programs.

Scientists advance 'Doomsday Clock' to 89 seconds till midnight, citing multiple global threats. Nuclear proliferation, climate change, and AI in military operations among key concerns for humanity's future.

In a statement outlining the change, the Board highlighted three main reasons for “moving the Doomsday Clock from 90 seconds to 89 seconds to midnight.” These include ongoing nuclear risks, accelerating climate disasters, and emerging biological and technological dangers.

The Doomsday Clock indicates only 89 seconds to midnight, according to which we have never been so close to self-destruction. The Doomsday Clock, developed by physicists after World War II, symbolizes humanity's nearness to total annihilation.

I was surprised to hear that the Doomsday Clock isn't just a storytelling device Alan Moore made up for Watchmen. The real-life Doomsday Clock is a representation of how close humanity is to global catastrophe,

A science-oriented advocacy group says the Earth is moving closer to destruction. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said Tuesday that they've moved their “Doomsday Clock” to 89 seconds to midnight,