Those annoying countdown clocks the cable TV networks use to let us know how much time remains before a presidential address ...

Thomas Mulligan illustrates the fleeting nature of human existence with the concept of the 24-hour universe clock.

A Bulletin short fiction contest Announcing the Bulletin‘s new short fiction contest… Over the decades, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has published the smartest minds in the fields it covers, ...

The arrow of time can teach us more about how the universe began – and how it will end, says quantum columnist Karmela ...

Harlan Ullman, Ph.D. is UPI’s Arnaud deBorchgrave Distinguished Columnist, a senior advisor at Washington, D.C.’s Atlantic Council, the chairman of two private companies and the principal author of ...

Those who keep up on current events know that talk of nuclear war continues today, and that’s why “Two Minutes to Midnight and the Architecture of Armageddon,” a new exhibit about the Doomsday Clock ...

The Doomsday Clock now stands at 89 seconds to midnight—the closest we've ever been to global catastrophe. That's not a ...

Thereafter, Iran began withdrawing from its JCPOA commitments by increasing uranium enrichment levels beyond 3.67 percent, ...

After the US and Soviet Union became capable of Mutually Assured Destruction, safeguards were put in place to prevent World ...

A children's homework question has left adults scratching their heads as they try to work out the 'closest time to midnight' - but can you figure it out?

Once a staple in Dallas and Fort Worth, fallout shelters now are hard to find, reflecting a bygone era of Cold War fears amid today's global tensions over nuclear threats.

By Jeffrey D. Sachs & Sybil Fares    We could soon see several nuclear powers pitted against each other and dragging the world closer to nuclear annihilation. For nearly 30 years, Israel’s Prime ...