Doomsday Clock warns humans are trending closer to catastrophe at 85 seconds from midnight. Here's what to know.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The world is closer to catastrophe than it has ever been, at least according to the scientists who maintain the Doomsday Clock.

As you read this, humanity is merely 85 seconds away from disaster. This week, leading experts set the Doomsday Clock, a stark symbol of scientific worries about humanity’s, well, doom. Wars, climate ...

There are moments when a metaphor stops being symbolic and starts feeling uncomfortably literal. The Doomsday Clock moving to 85 seconds to midnight is one of them. On January 27, 2026, the Bulletin ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of international scientists who maintain the "Doomsday Clock" have pushed the metaphorical measure of humanity's impending ...