A group of scientists and scholars, including 15 Nobel laureates, set the clock at 11:58 p.m. — two minutes before the symbolic apocalyptic midnight. The minute hand didn’t move since last year. But 11:58 p.m. is the closest the clock has ever been to symbolizing doom. “The fact that the Doomsday Clock’s hands did not change is bad news,” said Robert Rosner, chair of the Bulletin’s Science and Security Board.So why are we so close to destruction? Nuclear weapons and climate change, experts say
A group of scientists and scholars, including 15 Nobel laureates, set the clock at 11:58 p.m. — two minutes before the symbolic apocalyptic midnight. The minute hand didn’t move since last year. But 11:58 p.m. is the closest the clock has ever been to symbolizing doom. “The fact that the Doomsday Clock’s hands did not change is bad news,” said Robert Rosner, chair of the Bulletin’s Science and Security Board.So why are we so close to destruction? Nuclear weapons and climate change, experts say