Doomsday Clock
Why time has always been against us
In his new book, About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks, time expert and historian David Rooney paints a horological history of human civilisation, told through twelve world-changing… Audio
Al Gillespie on the threat of nuclear war in Ukraine
The ante has been upped in Ukraine in recent days as Russia attacked Kyiv with two cruise missiles while UN secretary general António Guterres was visiting the city. Professor of International Law Dr… Audio
Doomsday clock is the closest is has ever been to catastrophe
The Doomsday Clock is now the closest it has ever been to catastrophe, with experts calling the current global situation "profoundly unstable". Audio
Doomsday Clock moved to just two minutes to apocalypse
The Board of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has moved the clock forward 30 seconds, to put it the closest it's been to the apocalypse since 1953. Video, Audio
Doomsday inches closer
The Doomsday Clock, which monitors how close the world is to symbolic point of annihilation, has moved 30 seconds closer to midnight. Audio
Hans Kristensen: Tactical Armageddon
Hans Kristensen is the director of the Federation of American Scientists' nuclear information project and the co-author of a recent article that argued the killing power of the US's ballistic missile… Audio
Doomsday Clock moved closer to midnight
Scientists say the world has edged closer to apocalypse in the past year amid a darkening security landscape and comments by Donald Trump.