Doomsday Clock will stay at 100 seconds away from 'midnight' apocalypse
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists warns the world remains in danger in 2021.
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Robert Rosner and Suzet McKinney, members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' science and security board, reveal the 2021 setting of the Doomsday Clock: 100 seconds to midnight.
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The Doomsday Clock. The name alone rings alarm bells. The apocalyptic overtones are intentional. The clock is a symbol of just how close our planet is to disaster due to nuclear threats, climate change and dangerous technologies. On Wednesday, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists revealed that it's keeping the clock at the same time it set in 2020.