The Doomsday Clock’s Most Dire Warning Since the Cold War

“This is the closest to midnight the Doomsday Clock has ever been in the lifetime of almost everyone in this room. It’s been 64 years since it was closer,” said Lawrence Krauss, a theoretical physicist at Arizona State University and the chair of the Bulletin’s board of sponsors.

The clock has edged closer to midnight only once before: In 1953, it was moved to two minutes to midnight after the United States and the Soviet Union both tested hydrogen bombs, kicking off the mid-century nuclear-arms race. It remained at two minutes to midnight for another seven years.

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I have started this topic as a new thread, because it's not all about Donald Trump, and the existing Trump threads have a very broad focus.

Before dismissing the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists as alarmists and cranks, I urge you to visit their website.

I am old enough to remember 1953 and the cold war - it feels the same now.