Those who set the time for the Doomsday Clock want us to believe that the global situation today is worse than when the hydrogen bomb was developed during the Cold War. The risk is worse than the ...

MANILA, Philippines—The Doomsday Clock’s hands inch forward ... The Clock’s farthest point from midnight came in 1991 when the Cold War’s end and arms reduction treaties allowed scientists ...

My grandfather J. Robert Oppenheimer shared the first principle of nuclear weapons: The only safety from them is in ...

In 1947, they created the Doomsday Clock—a symbolic representation of ... The farthest from midnight—17 minutes—occurred in 1991 when the Cold War ended, and the U.S. and Soviet Union ...

One of the most important projects of the 20th century was also one of the most daring and destructive, and it reshaped the ...

Extinction is the greatest disaster that humanity must avoid. While that may seem a simple enough task, it is also a ...

From ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ and ‘Planet of the Apes’ to ‘Deep Impact’ and ‘Don’t Look Up’, nothing seems to bring ...

Many scientists say “subcritical” experiments and computer simulations make nuclear weapons testing unnecessary.

the Doomsday Clock inched closer to midnight than ever before, moving from 90 seconds to 89 seconds to midnight. The team of scientists behind the decision cited the threat of nuclear war ...

It is a bright Saturday, the crisp air of late February stubbornly holding onto winter’s cold. Before me, Union Square Greenmarket unfolds in quiet rhythms. Usually a place of hurried crossings, the ...