The risk of nuclear war and the threat of climate change have caused the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists to move the Doomsday Clock 30 seconds closer to catastrophe to two minutes to midnight. This ...

A panel of scientists and scholars said Thursday they believe the world is as close as it has ever been to a so-called doomsday scenario. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, which has been tracking the ...

The Doomsday Clock has been moved one minute closer to midnight – meaning that the world is theoretically one step closer to a huge global disaster. Japan’s Fukushima accident last year was also a ...

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on Thursday said that the proverbial "Doomsday Clock" remained at 100 seconds to midnight — or, as the group put it, "at doom's doorstep." The "Doomsday Clock" ...

“Doomsday” was in the news last week. It’s an Old English word, dating to the 900s, at least. Doomsday originally denoted Judgment Day, the decisive event at the end of the world when the Almighty ...

Microsoft founder Bill Gates appears to have pivoted on climate change, according to a memo he released on Tuesday. As one of the most influential people in the world, Gates is known as one of the ...

The Doomsday Clock, a symbol of global danger, remains the closest it has ever been to midnight. Scientists warn climate change and nuclear threats keep humanity on high alert. Bruce Willis’s wife ...