The Doomsday Clock: In 2025, the Doomsday Clock was set at 89 seconds to midnight because trends that had “deeply concerned the Science and Security Board continued, and despite unmistakable signs of danger, national leaders and their societies have failed to do what is needed to change course.” (Credit: Jamie Christiani)

Posted on January 26, 2026 by michelleclarke2015
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January 26, 2026
In 2025, the Doomsday Clock was set at 89 seconds to midnight because trends that had “deeply concerned the Science and Security Board continued, and despite unmistakable signs of danger, national leaders and their societies have failed to do what is needed to change course.” (Credit: Jamie Christiani)
DOOMSDAY CLOCK Watch the 2026 Doomsday Clock announcement tomorrow

For 79 years, the Clock has served as a global reminder of the risks humanity must face to survive. Currently, the Clock sits at 89 seconds to midnight—the closest it has ever been. Tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. ET, Bulletin leadership will join Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Maria Ressa to unveil the 2026 Clock setting. Learn more.Good BoyA retired Navy General who is grieving the loss of his wife finds new love for life after befriending a stray mutt in this short story by Kerri Brady Long. However, there is more to this dog than meets the eye because war is in the air between China and the United States. This magazine article is available to all readers for a limited time.‘Greenland belongs to its people’: The US scientists speaking out against Trump’s imperial aggressionYarrow Axford has led or participated in more than a dozen research trips to Greenland and was one of 225 scientists who signed a “Statement in Solidarity with Greenland” earlier this month. In the statement, they “vehemently oppose President Trump’s aggressive stance regarding Greenland and reiterate—as Greenland’s leaders have clearly stated—that Greenland is not anyone’s to ‘buy’ or ‘take.'” Read more.The underground networkTrillions of miles of tiny fungal tubes embedded in soil transport nutrients to crops and other plants and fight climate change by storing carbon. Scientists are racing to understand how these fungi—increasingly under threat—function, reports journalist Paul Tullis. Read more.
DOOMSDAY CLOCKThe current Doomsday Clock statementIn 2025, the Bulletin‘s Science and Security Board set the Doomsday Clock the closest it had ever been to midnight. Ahead of the 2026 Doomsday Clock announcement on Tuesday, the 2025 Clock statement provides insight on trends the Board considers in setting the Clock. Read more.DOOMSDAY CLOCKCommonly asked questions about the Doomsday ClockEach year, the Bulletin is flooded with questions about the Clock—who created it, what its purpose is, and more. Former Bulletin executive director and publisher Kennette Benedict provides answers in the Doomsday Clock FAQ. Read more.
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About michelleclarke2015

Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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