(NEXSTAR) – The Doomsday Clock, a concept designed by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists to represent humanity’s proximity to a global catastrophe, moved slightly closer to “midnight” on Tuesday.

Seventy-eight years ago, scientists created a unique sort of timepiece — named the Doomsday Clock — as a symbolic attempt to gauge how close humanity is to destroying the world. On Tuesday ...

In an announcement, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock forward by one second to 89 seconds before ...

The Doomsday Clock has moved one second closer to midnight, the metaphorical point at which humanity is experiencing a global catastrophe. Here's a closer look at what this means, how this ...

This year’s Doomsday Clock Statement landed like a damp squib in a Trump-swamped corporate news cycle on January 28th. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists only moved the hands of the Clock ...

Humanity is closer than ever to catastrophe, according to the atomic scientists behind the Doomsday Clock. The ominous metaphor ticked one second closer to midnight this week. The clock now stands ...

Each year for the past 78 years, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has published a new Doomsday Clock, suggesting just how close – or far – humanity is to destroying itself. The next ...

The Doomsday Clock has been moved closer to midnight than ever before - symbolising that we are edging towards a global catastrophe. The clock's new time of 89 seconds to midnight was announced on ...