T he hands of the symbolic Doomsday Clock are set at 89 seconds to midnight - closer to global catastrophe than ever before.

Earth is moving closer to destruction, a science-oriented advocacy group said Tuesday as it advanced its famous Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds till midnight, the closest it has ever been.

The Doomsday Clock has moved one second closer to midnight ... but unfortunately the collective experience with COVID-19 has increased skepticism about the recommendations of public health ...

The clock is meant as a metaphor for how close humanity is to self-annihilation, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which has maintained it since 1947. The group was founded two years ...

The Doomsday Clock has been moved closer to midnight than ... clock forward to 100 seconds to midnight after the breakout of COVID-19.

The Doomsday Clock was designed to be a graphic warning ... climate change and, most recently, the COVID-19 pandemic.

Humanity is closer than ever to catastrophe, according to the atomic scientists behind the Doomsday Clock. The ominous metaphor ticked one second closer to midnight this week. The clock now stands ...

The Doomsday Clock is set each year by the members of ... in part because of global nuclear and political tensions, COVID-19, climate change and the threat of biological weapons.