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Doomsday Clock 2026: Humanity Now 85 Seconds From Annihilation
Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds before midnight on Tuesday, marking the closest humanity has ever been to self-destruction since the symbolic timepiece was created in 1947. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which maintains the clock, cited escalating nuclear threats, climate crisis acceleration, unchecked artificial intelligence development, and rampant misinformation as the primary reasons for moving the clock four seconds closer to catastrophe than la
Jan 282 min read
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