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Providing news on nuclear risk, climate change, and disruptive technologies. We set the Doomsday Clock. Receive updates: bit.ly/2ZwyYno
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    Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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    Jan 23, 2020
    Replying to @BulletinAtomic @RachelBronson1 and @GretaThunberg
    “Today the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moves the hands of the Doomsday Clock. It is 100 Seconds to Midnight,” — @RachelBronson1, President & CEO, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists #DoomsdayClock
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    Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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    Jan 23, 2020
    How close are we to self-destruction? It has been 2 minutes to midnight since 2018. The #DoomsdayClock is used to illustrate threats to humanity & the planet. Every year, these extinction-level threats are assessed & a time is announced. bit.ly/DoomsdayClock2…
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    Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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    Jan 23, 2020
    “We have indeed normalized a very dangerous world in terms of the risks of nuclear warfare and climate change,” — Bob Rosner of the Bulletin’s Science & Security Board #DoomsdayClock
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    Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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    Nov 3, 2022
    COVID-19 has cost the US around $4 trillion. The US spent $8 trillion on the war on terror. Given COVID has now killed over a million US citizens, the investment in #pandemic preparedness should be considerably higher. bit.ly/3Dy2DBS
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    Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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    Jan 25, 2018
    Time of the 2018 Doomsday Clock, as of today: It is 2 minutes to midnight. #turnbackthedoomsdayclock
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    Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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    Jan 20, 2022
    IT IS 100 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT Read the 2022 #DoomsdayClock statement: ow.ly/ENCF50Hz43h
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    Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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    Jan 23, 2020
    “Without conscious efforts to reinvigorate arms control, the world is headed into an unregulated nuclear environment,” — @SquassoniSharon of the Bulletin’s Science & Security Board #DoomsdayClock bit.ly/DoomsdayClock2…
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    Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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    Jan 24, 2023
    It is now #90SecondsToMidnight. Read the 2023 #DoomsdayClock Statement: bit.ly/3j5iDoP
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    Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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    Jan 20, 2022
    Replying to @BulletinAtomic
    “Today, the members of the Science and Security Board find the world to be no safer than it was last year at this time and therefore has decided to set the #DoomsdayClock once again at 100 seconds to midnight.” – @RachelBronson1, Bulletin President & CEO ow.ly/TXW750HysbZ
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    Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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    Jan 23, 2020
    Replying to @BulletinAtomic
    The #DoomsdayClock has been reset 23 times since its debut in 1947. Most recently, in 2018, it moved to 2 minutes to midnight—the closest humanity has ever been to self-destruction. bit.ly/DoomsdayClock2…
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    Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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    Jan 26, 2017
    Read the 2017 Doomsday Clock Statement: ow.ly/4fRp308nsou #DoomsdayClock
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    Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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    Jan 23, 2020
    Replying to @BulletinAtomic
    The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists was founded in 1945 by University of Chicago scientists who helped develop the first atomic weapons in the Manhattan Project. They created the #DoomsdayClock two years later.
    Doomsday Clock - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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    Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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    Jan 23, 2020
    “...the world has entered into the realm of a two-minute warning, a period when danger is high and the margin for error low,” — @RachelBronson1, President & CEO, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists #DoomsdayClock
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    Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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    Jan 24, 2023
    Replying to @BulletinAtomic
    "We move the Clock forward, the closest it has ever been to midnight. It is now, 90 seconds to midnight." #DoomsdayClock thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock…
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