The concept comes from the work of Edward Norton Lorenz, a mathematician and meteorologist who defined the butterfly effect as: “The phenomenon that a small alteration in the state of a dynamical ...

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists says it has moved the hands of its famous "Doomsday Clock" a minute closer to midnight. Atomic scientists in New York moved the doomsday clock a minute ...

Introduced in 1947, the clock is a symbolic instrument informing the public when humankind is facing imminent disaster. The movement of its hands, either forward or backward, is decided by the Science ...

If you've been feeling a little down as the "Doomsday Clock" ticks ever closer to midnight, you're not alone. A new study in The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (BAS) links the clock's progress to ...

CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) --The hands on the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists' Doomsday Clock were moved forward Wednesday to reflect what the group believes is a greater risk of nuclear conflict in ...

The Doomsday Clock was designed by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists in 1947 to help us understand that the hands of the clock indicate the time in seconds or minutes until midnight, or the time ...

Howard relents and resolves to help Bobby. This scene is rendered unforgettable by a depiction of the Doomsday Clock with its minute hand pointing at 15 seconds to midnight. In real life ...

We really like the look of this clock. Honestly, with those uniform tics around the edge, it sort of reminds us of the doomsday clock — you know, the ‘minutes to midnight’ quarter clock face ...

The Doomsday Clock is a metaphor that represents how close humanity is to self-destruction, due to nuclear weapons and climate change. The clock hands are set by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, ...

Brands will have to adapt. Doomsday Clock scientists are so freaked out, they adjusted the countdown to seconds rather than minutes Humanity is officially on the brink. What is the Doomsday Clock ...