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Jack Heinemann, Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Canterbury

How long to midnight? The Doomsday Clock measures more than nuclear risk – and it’s about to be reset again

In less than 24 hours the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will update the Doomsday Clock. It’s currently at 100 seconds from midnight – the metaphorical time when the human race could destroy the world with technologies of its own making.

The hands have never before been this close to midnight. There is scant hope of it winding back on what will be its 75th anniversary.

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