In 1965, amid rising Cold War tensions and the looming threat of nuclear war, the USS Wright patrolled near Washington DC as a crucial piece of America’s continuity-of-government strategy. Once an ...

Garry Linnell is one of Australia’s most experienced journalists. He has won several awards for his writing, including a ...

I was invited to participate in a book project that gathered leading scientists worldwide to address a topic that already ...

Doomsday Clock moves closest ever to midnight (REUTERS ... the science-oriented advocacy group which created the clock during the Cold War, set the time at 89 seconds to midnight – the closest ...

Throughout the Cold War, the clock periodically moved back ... where it stayed until it reached its record level this year. While the Doomsday Clock has been criticized by some over the years ...

In a way, the Doomsday Clock is a victim of its own success as an unparalleled symbol of 20th-century, Cold War nuclear fear. So compelling was the idea of the hands of a clock, inching toward the ...

The Doomsday Clock is now at 89 seconds to midnight and ... along with the reunification of Germany, meant that the Cold War was nearing an end. 1991 represents our least panicky year, with ...

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists created the Doomsday Clock in 1947 during the Cold War tensions that followed World War II to warn the public about how close humankind was to destroying the world.

The Doomsday Clock, symbolizing humanity's proximity to ... After the end of the cold war, it was as close as 17 minutes to midnight. In the past few years, to address rapid global changes ...

Officials have updated the doomsday clock and it has been moved closer to midnight - meaning the risk of humanity creating a man-made catastrophe is even greater than ever. The apocalyptic clock ...

The Chicago-based nonprofit created the Doomsday Clock in 1947 during the Cold War tensions that followed World War II to warn the public about how close humankind was to destroying the world. ' ...

The Doomsday Clock was reset to 89 seconds to midnight ... The Chicago-based nonprofit created the clock in 1947 during the Cold War tensions that followed World War Two to warn the public about ...