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The End May Be Nearer: Doomsday Clock Moves Within 100 Seconds Of Midnight

The two-minute warning that had held over the past two years has now shrunk to 100 seconds before midnight on the Doomsday Clock set by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
The Doomsday Clock reads 100 seconds to midnight, a decision made by the <em>Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists</em> that was announced Thursday. The clock is intended to represent the danger of global catastrophe.

Two years after moving the metaphorical minute hand of its Doomsday Clock to within two minutes of midnight — a figurative two-minute warning for all humanity — the science and security board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists revealed Thursday that it has moved that minute hand another 20 seconds closer to the midnight hour.

"It is 100 seconds to midnight," declared the 's president and CEO, Rachel Bronson, at as a black cloth was lifted to reveal the clock.

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