(NEXSTAR) – The Doomsday Clock, a concept designed by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists to represent humanity’s proximity ...

The farthest the clock has been to midnight was 17 minutes in 1991 after ... despite average global temperatures surpassing the 1.5 degrees Celsius limit set by the agreement for the first time ...

WASHINGTON — Earth is moving closer to destruction, a science-oriented advocacy group said Tuesday as it advanced its famous “Doomsday Clock” to 89 seconds till midnight, the closest it has ...

This was the closest to midnight the Clock was ever set in the 20th Century ... based ballistic missiles with ranges between 500 and 5,500km (312 to 3,416 miles) and saw 2,692 nuclear missiles ...

It was a time when the Cold War was at its height – the Doomsday Clock near midnight – and the doomed War on Drugs was raging. The science around genetically modified organisms was in its infancy.

The day ends just before midnight at what civilians would call 11:59 p.m., but which in military time is 23:59, or twenty-three fifty-nine hours. For those still learning the 24-clock system ...