Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer may be leading the Oscar race, but the celebrated physicist is in the headlines for a much bleaker reason this week, as the organisation J. Robert Oppenheimer ...

It’s not likely anyone will hear Bruce Dickinson singing “90 seconds to midnight” during an Iron Maiden show, but it would be more accurate than the band’s similarly titled 1984 single. Inspired by a ...

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 was set at 89 seconds to midnight on Tuesday morning, putting it the closest the world has ever been to what scientists deem "global catastrophe." The decades-old international ...

The hands of the worldwide Doomsday Clock in Hyde Park remained at 90 seconds to midnight in its annual reset, after global threats cast “menacing shadows” on the clock deliberations and “ominous ...

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set the clock at 90 seconds to midnight on Tuesday, citing the war in Ukraine as well as climate change, online disinformation and other threats. By Jesus Jiménez ...