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Scientists Prepare to Move Doomsday Clock Forward

The "Doomsday Clock" in a file photo. The keepers of the symbolic clock plan to move its hands forward next Wednesday to reflect what they call worsening nuclear and climate threats to the world.
Image source: Reuters

The keepers of the "Doomsday Clock" plan to move its hands forward next Wednesday to reflect what they call worsening nuclear and climate threats to the world.

The symbolic clock, maintained by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, currently is set at seven minutes to midnight, with midnight marking global catastrophe.

The group did not say in which direction the hands would move. But in a news release previewing an event next Wednesday, they said the change was based on "worsening nuclear, climate threats" to the world.

posted by Fergie @ 1/12/2007 01:35:00 PM