Photo: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
The 2025 update to the Doomsday Clock, a symbolic assessment of the catastrophic threats facing humanity, saw the metaphorical measurement advance one second closer to midnight. This year's evaluation was announced on Tuesday by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS), which has overseen the unsettling warning system since 1947. In explaining their assessment, the group noted that the new time is "the closest the Clock has ever been to midnight in its 78-year history." They went on to chillingly muse that the measurement "signals that the world is on a course of unprecedented risk and that continuing on the current path is a form of madness."
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