Doomsday Clock

Doomsday Clock' Moves Closer To Midnight; Trump Largely Blamed

... 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. Its 'back and forth' movement is ridiculed, while the scientists behind it are labeled scaremongers. 'When it comes to nuclear weapons people have become complacent,' Krauss told VOA. 'So we owe it to the world to risk being labeled scaremongers just to encourage people to think about the problem.'. The Doomsday Clock was created in 1947 by a group of concerned scientists who had been involved with the top secret Manhattan Project, which built the first ...

The Doomsday Clock Just Advanced, ‘thanks To Trump

... talk” about nuclear weapons in telling reporters that “nuclear rhetoric is now loose and destabilizing.”. “We are more than ever impressed that words matter, words count,” he said. In their Times op-ed, Krauss and Titley wrote. We understand that Mr. Trump has been in office only days, that many of his cabinet nominees are awaiting confirmation and that he has had little time to take official action. But Mr. Trump’s statements and actions have been unsettling. He has made ill-considered comments about expanding and even deploying the American nuclear arsenal. He has expressed disbelief in the scientific consensus on global warming. He has shown a troubling propensity to discount or reject expert advice related to international security. And his nominees to head the Energy Department, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Office of ...

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

... 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. ...

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

... group formed in 1945, takes into account the likelihood of nuclear Armageddon as well as other emerging threats such as climate change and advances in biotechnology 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 ...

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

... Doomsday Clock scientists say. Show caption. 8 comments. Global catastrophe could be just two and a half minutes away, according to scientists behind the Doomsday Clock. The new "time" was brought forward by 30 seconds, the clock's keepers announced from Washington DC on Thursday. The Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists, an expert group formed in 1945, takes into account the likelihood of nuclear Armageddon as well as other emerging threats such as climate change and advances in biotechnology 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 ...

Get Your Special Sauce, Doomsday Clock Keeps Ticking And Taking 'break A Leg' To Extremes

... website inviting the public to show up and participate. Le Beouf has been a frequent, though not constant presence. Technically, the project from La Beouf and his performance art partners isn’t about opposition to Trump, La Beouf told The Associated Press in an interview conducted on Monday in front of the livestream camera. “We’re anti-division out here. Everyone’s invited,” La Beouf said. “I’m just saying, ‘Be nice to each other.’”. La Beouf faces a misdemeanor assault charge. It’s unclear if he has an attorney who can comment. Peter Holley, Abby Ohlheiser and Amy B Wang (c) 2017, The Washington Post. 16 hrs ago. It's now two-and-a-half minutes to "midnight," according to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, which warned Thursday that the end of humanity may be nigh. The group behind the famed Doomsday Clock announced at a news conference that it was adjusting the countdown to the End of it All by moving the hands 30 seconds closer to midnight - the closest the clock has been to Doomsday since 1953, after the United States tested its first thermonuclear device, followed months later by the Soviet ...

Doomsday Clock Clicks Half A Minute Toward Midnight

... By: __link__. NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 25: Wendy Williams attends the 33 rd Annual Alzheimer's Association Rita Hayworth Gala at Cipriani 42 nd Street on October 25, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images) (Roy Rochlin). Wendy Williams read Paris Jackson’s  recent profile in Rolling Stone  and Was. Not. Having. It. And she laid out the interview in front of her studio audience yesterday, beginning with, “Can we talk? I mean real talk.”. She began rejecting the idea that Paris has a Rolling Stone cover at all,  claiming she’s only there because of her father.  Williams said, “She has not made her mark on her own. You cannot be on the cover of one of the most prestigious entertainment magazines and just be the daughter of.”. That’s a big charge, and she didn't back down. Williams appeared most upset about Jackson identifying as black, after her father supposedly raised her that way. “Black is not what you call yourself, it’s what cops see when they got steel to your neck on the ...

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

... which the US and its western allies have been trying to establish. They have demonstrated that they are prepared to bend the rules of nuclear non-proliferation where it serves their interests. Another example is India’s recent missile tests. The Indian media noted that the government had postponed the tests for a year or more to avoid diplomatic opposition to its membership application to Missile Technology Control Regime, a 34-nation group established to prevent the proliferation of missiles capable of carrying a 500-kilogram warhead more than 300 km. The group accepted India into its ranks in July last year. Similarly, a US campaign for India’s membership to the 48-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group, which regulates access to nuclear technologies, has been increasingly gathering global ...

The Doomsday Clock's Ticked Off Thanks To Trump

... a name. 1:24 January 23, 2017. Lucasfilm revealed the official title of the sequel to "The Force Awakens" on the __link__ website, along with its December. Play video. Hugo Barra quits Xiaomi to return to Silicon Valley. 1:16 January 23, 2017. The former Android leader spent the last 3.5 years on a mission to bring global fame to the Chinese phone maker, Xiaomi. Play video. Samsung explains why the Note 7 exploded. 2:09 January 22, 2017. The phone was plagued by two separate battery manufacturing faults that affected the first and second shipments of the doomed. Play video. Explaining the Note 7's battery flaws (with cake). 2:31 January 22, 2017. Bridget Carey finds a sweet way to illustrate Samsung's findings on why the Galaxy Note 7 overheated, and what the company. Play video. Trump trades in Android for a mystery phone. 1:16 January 20, 2017. President Donald Trump has been issued an unidentified handset that's been approved by the Secret Service. But can it still. Play ...

Will The Apocalyptic Doomsday Clock Move Closer To Midnight

... Doomsday Clock may move closer to midnight on Thursday.   Check out this story on __link__: __link__ jql Ldo. Cancel Send. A link has been sent to your friend's email address. A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs. This story 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 ...

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

... world is just about to blow up. Some are getting very scared that this will happen suddenly and soon. But this not what it means. That “two and a half minutes” is nothing to do with time at all in these announcements. They could as easily say “two miles” or “two thousand miles”. Then the announcement would be “Doomsday is becoming one mile closer”. Or “Doomsday is becoming a thousand miles closer”. The "two and a half minutes” there is essentially meaningless. A metaphor or symbolic. It’s no wonder that scared people find it confusing. It is vivid imagery for effect. This is called “hyperbole”. It's a vivid image of the world about to be destroyed with just two and a half minutes to save it. But that is just an image and not to be taken literally at all. The things they talk about may some of them happen ...

Doomsday Clock Looms Larger In 2017

... concern to these scientists and their sponsors than nuclear weapons. But, manmade global warming has now become their second concern. During the peak of the Cold War, the two superpowers–the U. S. and Soviet Union–possessed a total of 70,000 nuclear bombs. But the nuclear weapons disarmament movement has resulted in the U. S. and Russia now possessing about 15,000 nuclear weapons. Yet the knowledge to create such weapons had proliferated. Presently, there are 9 nations that possess nuclear weapons. The International Atomic Energy Agency estimates that 20 to 30 other nations possess the capability of making nuclear weapons. The closest the Doomsday Clock has ever been to midnight was two minutes in 1953. At the beginning of 2015, the board moved the minute hand of the Doomsday Clock from five minutes to midnight to three minutes to midnight. It had not been that close to midnight since 1984. In 2016, the board left the minute hand at three minutes to midnight. It now remains to be seen if the board will leave ...