The doomsday clock - which shows how close the world has moved to catastrophic destruction - has inched a minute closer to midnight. It puts the measure of how capable mankind is of imploding on itself at five minutes to 12.
The clock, in reality an indicator, is set by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (BAS). It shows how capable mankind is of destroying itself. It started in 1947, at the beginning of the cold war, just two years after America dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
In recent years, the minute hand has been moving away from midnight. It's moved closer this time because of fears of nuclear weapons, the BAS says: "Two years ago, it appeared that world leaders might address the truly global threats that we face. In many cases, that trend has not continued or been reversed."
The factors that set the clock now include other developments in science that could inflict devastating harm, and climate changing technologies.
Source: theguardian
Lees: De Doomsday Clock is opnieuw een minuut dichter bij middernacht gezet
Our Comment: Why is Doomsday/Armageddon coming? Because: `Humankind sins are piled [has reached] as high as heaven, and God has remembered the evil [iniquities] we have done [here on earth]´. (inspired by Revelation 18:5)
