EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Researchers at the University of Texas at El Paso have found a sharp increase in the number of insects carrying the parasite that causes Chagas disease, raising new concerns ...
A group of international scientists who maintain the "Doomsday Clock" have pushed the metaphorical measure of humanity's impending doom to its nearest point yet to imminent collapse, according to the ...
The Doomsday Clock was created in 1947, during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. It is, in essence, a symbolic representation of how close humanity is to the destruction of ...
Jan. 28 (UPI) --The symbolic Doomsday Clock managed by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, has been moved forward by 4 seconds this year, making it now 85 seconds to midnight. On Tuesday, the group ...
The keepers of the “Doomsday Clock” on Tuesday moved the symbolic countdown to 85 seconds till midnight and warned that the world has never been closer to destruction on the metaphorical timepiece.
Wars, climate change, disruptive technologies and the rise of autocracy over the past year prompted scientists to set the clock at 85 seconds to midnight. Wars, climate change, disruptive technologies ...
The Doomsday Clock is now the closest it has ever been to midnight. Scientists have set the symbolic Clock at 85 seconds to midnight, issuing a dire warning about the apocalyptic danger of nuclear ...
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The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has moved its Doomsday Clock forward for 2026, announcing that it is now set to 85 seconds to midnight –— the closest it’s ever been to catastrophe in its 79-year ...
Earth is closer than ever to global catastrophe as major world powers grow increasingly confrontational and cooperative efforts to reduce existential risks break down, a group of scientists warned ...
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