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  1. Jun 20, 2024 · A Harvard professor has warned the world is dangerously close to nuclear war at a time when leading experts key to preventing such conflicts are "aging out," pleading with leaders to urgently...

  2. Jan 23, 2024 · The Doomsday Clock - which shows how symbolically close the world is to nuclear Armageddon - is to remain at 90 seconds to midnight. Scientists have listed reasons for keeping its hands the...

  3. Sep 28, 2022 · With his forces retreating in Ukraine, international allies expressing concern and citizens at home fleeing partial mobilization, Russian President Vladimir Putin has reached for the threat of...

  4. Last year, we expressed our heightened concern by moving the Clock to 90 seconds to midnightthe closest to global catastrophe it has ever been—in large part because of Russian threats to use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine. Today, we once again set the Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight because humanity continues to face an ...

  5. But at a distance so close to ground zero, a 300-kiloton nuclear explosion would almost certainly burn and crush to death any human being. The higher the nuclear weapon’s yield, the smaller the acute radiation zone is relative to its other immediate effects. ... “We affirm that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought,” the ...

  6. Mar 7, 2024 · While both America and Russia have hugely reduced their nuclear arsenals since the height of the Cold War, the official said, “Right now is when nuclear risk is most at the forefront.”

  7. Nov 18, 2022 · The risk of starting a shooting war with another nuclear-armed nation, a war that could escalate to a massive and horrifically destructive nuclear exchange, constrains how countries fight...

  8. At our core, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is a media organization, publishing a free-access website and a bimonthly magazine. But we are much more. The Bulletin’s website, iconic Doomsday Clock, and regular events equip the public, policy makers, and scientists with the information needed to reduce man-made threats to our existence.The Bulletin focuses on three main areas: nuclear ...

  9. Atomic scientists on Tuesday kept their "Doomsday Clock" set as close to midnight as ever before, citing Russia's actions on nuclear weapons amid its invasion of Ukraine, nuclear-armed Israel's ...

  10. Jan 19, 2024 · Nuclear Armageddon: How Close Are We?, a BBC documentary tied to the Doomsday Clock update, asks why the hands have ominously ticked to within 90 seconds of a catastrophic “midnight”, the...

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