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The Doomsday Clock is featured in Yael Bartana's What if Women Ruled the World, which premiered on July 5, 2017 at the Manchester International Festival. [56] One minute to midnight on the Doomsday Clock is heavily referenced in the grime/punk crossover song "Effed" by Nottingham rapper Snowy and Jason Williamson of Sleaford Mods.
The Clock has been set forward and back over the years as circumstances have changed; as of 2023, it is set at 90 seconds to midnight. [4] The Doomsday Clock is used to represent threats to humanity from a variety of sources: nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, climate change, [5] and disruptive technologies. [6]
The Doomsday Clock's most recent move this close to the end was three minutes to midnight in 1983, "when U.S.-Soviet relations were at their iciest," BAS explained.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has set its Doomsday Clock at a new time that indicates how close we are to making Earth uninhabitable for humanity.
The Doomsday Clock was created in 1947 by members of the journal Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists as a dramatic metaphor that symbolises just how close humanity is to the end of civilization. Source:
The Doomsday Clock has moved closer to midnight than it has ever been, and is now just 90 seconds away from striking 12, scientists have said. The clock, a symbolic timepiece showing how close the ...
Time shows how near to annihilation we are – from nuclear weapons, climate change, and other threats
A quatrain by Nostradamus that stated the "King of Terror" would come from the sky in "1999 and seven months" was frequently interpreted as a prediction of doomsday in July 1999. [151] 18 Aug 1999 The Amazing Criswell: The predicted date of the end of the world, according to this psychic well known for predictions. [152] 11 Sep 1999 Philip Berg