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Doomsday Clock 2025: Scientists set new time
Created in 1947, the Doomsday Clock is a design that warns the public about how close we are to destroying our world with dangerous technologies of our own making. The Clock is a metaphor, not a prediction, for threats to humanity from unchecked scientific and technological advances, such as nuclear risk, climate change, biological terrorism, and artificial intelligence. When the clock is at midnight, humanity will be wiped out because of catastrophic events like nuclear exchange or climate change. The minute hand on the Doomsday Clock has been reset 26 times since its debut. Most recently on January 28, the hand was moved to a second closer to 89 seconds to midnight, the closest ever to the Doomsday because sufficient progress wasn’t made on global challenges. When the Doomsday Clock shows a new time, attention arises and talks begin around the world. Then if sufficient actions are taken, the minute hand may be moved backward.
Read the article and learn what the Doomsday Clock is about.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/28/science/doomsday-clock-2025-time-wellness/index.html
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