For many years, cesium atomic clocks have been reliably keeping time around the world. But the future belongs to even more accurate clocks: optical atomic clocks. In a few years' time, they could ...

The Doomsday Clock moved to 85 seconds to midnight, the closest ever, due to rising threats from nuclear weapons, climate change and disinformation. The "Doomsday Clock" which represents how near ...

At the dawn of the nuclear age, scientists created the Doomsday Clock as a symbolic representation of how close humanity is to destroying the world. On Tuesday, nearly eight decades later, the clock ...

James Gunn publicly released the full screenplay of Superman on January 21, 2026. He posted, “For your enjoyment, the Superman screenplay,” on X (@JamesGunn), along with a link to the screenplay on ...

Humanity continues to move closer to catastrophe, scientists said Tuesday, Jan. 27. The human race is at its closest point yet to destroying itself, according to the reset of the ominous but symbolic ...

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced on Jan. 27 that the hands of the Doomsday Clock moved forward four seconds and now sits at 85 seconds to midnight—the closest the symbolic clock has ...

Iran’s nuclear program and missile arsenal have garnered increased international scrutiny. Despite U.S. strikes on Iranian bases last year, nuclear talks between the two countries are now back on the ...