Doomsday Clock

Will The Apocalyptic Doomsday Clock Move Closer To Midnight

... is part of Climate change. Will the apocalyptic Doomsday Clock move closer to midnight. USA Today Network Mary Bowerman , USA TODAY Network 2:51 p.m. ET Jan. 25, 2017. Will the Doomsday Clock move closer to midnight this year. (Photo: Getty Images). The apocalypse may be near. The Doomsday Clock may move closer to midnight on Thursday amid increasingly tense relations between world powers. The clock, which stands as a symbolic countdown to the world’s end, has remained at three minutes until midnight for the past two years, marking the closest to midnight the clock has been since 1984 during the Cold War. Previous to that, the closest the clock got to midnight was two minutes to midnight in 1953, when the hydrogen bomb was first tested. The scientists who determine how close the clock gets to midnight  will livestream whether the Doomsday Clock will be adjusted at 10 a.m. ET on Thursday. This CEO got laser eye surgery to prep for an apocalypse. The decision is made by the board of the nonprofit  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists'  along with input from a board of sponsors which includes 15 Nobel Laureates, according to the group. Manhattan Project ...

World Half A Minute Closer To Armageddon, Doomsday Clock Scientists Say

... the clock, symbolising the threat of apocalypse, has ever come to striking midnight was in 1953, when it was timed at two minutes to midnight. In that year the US took the decision to upgrade its nuclear arsenal with the hydrogen bomb, "a weapon far more powerful than any atomic bomb". In 2015 the clock was brought two minutes forward, taking it to three minutes to midnight. Last year it remained unchanged, but scientists warned this was still "far too close". The Bulletin was founded by concerned US scientists involved in the Manhattan Project that developed the world's first nuclear weapons during the Second World War. In 1947 they established the Doomsday Clock to provide a simple way of demonstrating the danger to the Earth and humanity posed by nuclear war. Today the Bulletin is an independent non-profit organisation run by some of the world's most eminent scientists. In a direct ...

It’s Now The Closest It’s Been To Midnight Since The 1950s

... of Barra's leadership skills, that nevertheless raises questions about Barra's ability to fully understand the technology he'll be overseeing. Seize the day. Get the Fast Co News daily newsletter and never miss out on the most important, compelling and thought-provoking news in the worlds of business, tech, and innovation. Alphabet destroys Q 4 revenue predictions with mobile search and You Tube ads. There's no slowing down the money machine that is Google–er, Alphabet. For the fourth quarter of 2016, the company said today that it brought in revenues of $26.06 billion, up 22% year-over-year from the $21.33 billion it reported a year ago. Revenues were also up 15% quarter-over-quarter. Alphabet said in a release that the major drivers of the revenue were mobile search and You Tube. It is not yet clear how Google's major new products, its Pixel smartphone, and its Home smart assistant, performed. It's probable the company will say more about that during its conference call with analysts later today. Either way, ...

Doomsday Clock' Moves Closer To Midnight; Trump Largely Blamed

... disarmament and climate change was a key factor in deciding the time change. The new president, they acknowledge, also can single-handedly help send the hands of the doomsday clock moving backwards to safety. Providing an 'opening'. 'We have to give him the opening,' former U. S. ambassador to Russia Thomas Pickering told VOA when asked whether he believes Trump will be swayed by news of the clock's advance to midnight. 'Hopefully he will hear' the suggestions from scientists and others advocating a re-start of arms reduction talks with Russia and raising the alarm about the effects of climate change. Other factors affecting the clock's movement this year are the growing risks from cyberattacks and emerging technologies in life sciences. The Doomsday Clock has faced criticism over the decades as more art than science. ...

How China, India And Pakistan Have Shifted The Doomsday Clock Forward

... has had numerous conflicts with India over the past 70 years. The Agni-V is now ready for trials by the Indian army’s strategic force command, after which it will be inducted into its operational arsenal. At that point, India will join the exclusive ICBM-operating club of nations, currently comprising the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. Before that, India would have made operational the Agni-IV, an intermediate-range ballistic missile capable of striking targets within 4,000 km, or most of China. On January 2, the strategic force command conducted its third successful trial of the Agni-IV, paving the way for its serial production and induction into the military. Meanwhile, Pakistan on January 9 test-fired the first Babur-3 submarine-launched cruise missile, capable of delivering nuclear warheads some 450 km to land-based targets located in India. Pakistan was believed to be developing missiles for deployment on the eight Chinese Type 041 submarines it has ordered. They are scheduled for delivery in 2023 and 2028. The Babur-3 test suggests that Pakistan has acquired the capability by modifying the torpedo-launch system on its ...

World Half A Minute Closer To Armageddon, Doomsday Clock Scientists Say

... and artificial intelligence. In a statement the Bulletin's executive director Rachel Bronson, said: " Today's complex global environment is in need of deliberate and considered policy responses. "It is ever more important that senior leaders across the globe calm rather than stoke tensions that could lead to war, either by accident or miscalculation.". The world is now a more dangerous place than it was a year ago, the scientists said, referring directly to the election of President Donald Trump and alleged Russian cyber-hacking during the campaign. Mr Trump's comments on growing the US nuclear arsenal have been called "ill-considered" they said as they expressed concern at his "troubling propensity to discount or outright reject expert advice" on global security. The scientists also described his appointments to environmental roles as people who "dispute the ...

Doomsday Clock Clicks Half A Minute Toward Midnight

... goes off on Paris Jackson for considering herself 'Black. Period.'. Teens accused of planning Columbine-style attack at middle school in Florida, deputies. What are sanctuary cities? Here's a list of sanctuary cities, counties, states. Google honors first licensed African American female pilot with doodle. Up Next. Doomsday Clock clicks half a minute toward midnight. Wendy Williams goes off on Paris Jackson for considering herself 'Black. Period.'. Teens accused of planning Columbine-style attack at middle school in Florida, deputies. What are sanctuary cities? Here's a list of sanctuary cities, counties, states. Google honors first licensed African American female pilot with doodle. Doomsday Clock clicks half a minute toward midnight. Published: Thursday, January 26, 2017 @ 6:36 AM. Updated: Thursday, January 26, 2017 @ 10:47 AM. By: Natalie Dreier - Cox Media Group National Content Desk. Arizona State University New Origins Initiative Director Lawrence Krauss (C) and Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Science and ...

Doomsday Clock Announcement Doesn't Mean World Will Blow Up In 2 Mins 30 Secs

... from the book will go to suicide prevention charities. At present the plan is to donate them to  Befrienders Worldwide. If you buy it on kindle, then it also helps to put it into the best sellers lists there so others may find it too. Of the price of $3.99 for US customers, then $1.86 or 47% will go to charity, and the rest goes to Amazon. It's 70% royalties, but they reduce the royalties if you include graphics as a "delivery charge", and I felt it was important to have plenty of graphics. MAIN SECTIONS OF THE BOOK. You will find these also in the contents table in the kindle book. These links take you to the online book. You'll find many scenarios there already. (go to detailed contents for online book). FACEBOOK GROUP. I've made a new facebook group which you can join to discuss this and other doomsday stories that you find scary. also astronomers and scientists, do join if you want to help reassure scared people and help with the debunking. Please feel free to post any story you find scary, however silly it may seem. Also for astronomers and scientists - when commenting please bear in mind that some here may have decided long ago that astronomy and maths are ...

The Doomsday Clock Just Advanced, ‘thanks To Trump

... which the eventual victor, Donald Trump, made disturbing comments about the use and proliferation of nuclear weapons and expressed disbelief in the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change.”. Titley, the retired rear admiral and founding director of Penn State’s Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk, said that despite some encouraging signs, such as the Paris agreement , global warming continues to threaten the future of humanity. He pointed out that 2016 was the warmest year on record and that 16 of the 17 warmest years on record have been recorded since 2001. He cited a September 2016 intelligence report that highlighted the many threats posed by climate change, including global instability, increased risk to human health and adverse effects on food availability. But, Titley said, the political situation in the United States is of “particular concern.”. “Climate change should not be a partisan issue,” he said. ...

The Doomsday Clock's Ticked Off Thanks To Trump

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