{"id":5507,"date":"2023-01-30T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/?p=5507"},"modified":"2023-01-26T09:27:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T09:27:00","slug":"the-doomsday-clock-is-now-at-90-seconds-to-midnight-the-closest-we-have-ever-been-to-global-catastrophe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/the-doomsday-clock-is-now-at-90-seconds-to-midnight-the-closest-we-have-ever-been-to-global-catastrophe\/","title":{"rendered":"The Doomsday Clock is now at 90 seconds to midnight \u2014 the closest we have ever been to global catastrophe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n At 90 seconds to midnight, the Doomsday Clock indicates the level of human-made threats.\n (AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky)<\/span><\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n\nJack L. Rozdilsky<\/a>, York University, Canada<\/a><\/em> and Christian Faize Canaan<\/a>, York University, Canada<\/a><\/em><\/span>\n\n

On Jan. 24, history was again made when the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists\u2019 organization moved the seconds hand of the Doomsday Clock closer to midnight. It is now at \u201890 seconds to midnight,\u2019 the closest it has ever been to the symbolic midnight hour of global catastrophe.<\/p>\n\n

The announcement, made during a news conference held in Washington D.C., was delivered in English, Ukrainian and Russian. The released statement described our current moment in history as \u201ca time of unprecedented danger<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

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