The surprise announcement that the United States is planning to resume nuclear testing is sending shockwaves through the scientific community. “The first reaction when you hear that is Oh my God, I ...

Rachel Bronson of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists explains how the annual Doomsday Clock is set, reflecting worldwide ...

The Doomsday Clock, which measures the chances of the annihilation of the human race, is now at 90 seconds before midnight - the hour that marks the end of the world.

Doomsday — or at least Hollywood’s version of it — is approaching. Nuclear saber-rattling is increasingly taking center stage in the mounting standoff between President Trump and Russian President ...

When the Soviet Union developed nuclear weapons, the magazine Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists created the Doomsday Clock. As the prospect of nuclear war gets more likely, the minute hand gets closer ...