Doomsday Clock ticks down to 85 seconds to midnight in 2026—closest ever to apocalypse
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 ever been to apocalypse.
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