And even though the clock evokes a potentially terrifying future, Holz takes a more optimistic approach to the entire endeavor. “Really, the Doomsday Clock is a symbol of hope,” Holz says. “The whole ...

The stewards of the clock meet annually to discuss re-setting the clock based on current world events. The Doomsday Clock was previously set at 100 seconds to midnight in 2020.

The "Doomsday Clock" was founded in 1947 by Albert Einstein and researchers at the University of Chicago to track how close humanity is to destroying itself through the use of atomic weapons.

The Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight as analysts debate nuclear deterrence effectiveness amid rising tensions with Russia over Ukraine and China's arsenal expansion.

Jan. 14, 2010 -- Is humanity approaching an apocalypse? Today, a group of international scientists will move the hands of the symbolic "Doomsday Clock" for the first time in two years.