Scientists unveiled the 2025 update for the 'Doomsday Clock' today, revealing that the clock moved one second closer to midnight in 2024, a sign that humanity is close to a catastrophic end.
The Doomsday Clock has been revealed – and it now sits at 89 seconds to midnight, one second closer than last year.
'We set the clock closer to midnight because we do not see sufficient positive progress on the global challenges we face,' said Daniel Holz, board member and physicist at the University of Chicago.Since 2023, it has been set at 90 seconds to midnight, but this year scientists predicted it would move forward to reflect the troubling global outlook.
'The factors shaping this year's decision – nuclear risk, climate change, the potential misuse of advances in biological science and a variety of other emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence – were not new in 2024,' Holz said. An Israeli attack on al-Hudari family house reduces the building into rubble in Gaza City, Gaza on January 05, 2025
Russia's updated doctrine set a framework for conditions under which Putin could order a strike from the world's biggest nuclear arsenal. Last year also saw staggering advancements in artificial intelligence, prompting increasing concern among some experts about its military applications and its risks to global security.
Be the first to commentBe one of the first to commentCommentsHow concerned are you about the current global situation?Comment nowGovernments have addressed the matter in fits and starts. In the US, then-President Biden in October signed an executive order intended to reduce the risks that AI poses to national security, the economy and public health or safety.
What is the Doomsday Clock?The Doomsday Clock is a symbolic timepiece showing how close the world is to a human-made global catastrophe, as deemed by experts.If the clock goes forward and gets closer to midnight , it suggests humanity has got closer to self destruction. Although symbolic and not an actual clock, the organization does unveil a physical 'quarter clock' model at an event when revealing if and how the hands have moved.
The Doomsday Clock goes back to June 1947, when US artist Martyl Langsdorf was hired to design a new cover for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists journal Langsdorf initially considered drawing the symbol for uranium before sketching a clock to convey a sense of urgency.On the cover of later issues in subsequent years, the hands of the clock were adjusted based on how close we are to catastrophe.
Rabinowitch was a scientist, fluent in Russian, and a leader in the conversations about nuclear disarmament, meaning he was in frequent discussions with scientists and experts all over the world.
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