Today, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists elected to keep the Doomsday Clock at 11:58 PM, thus two minutes to the apocalyptic midnight two years in a row. Midnight is symbolic of world annihilation. This is the closest to midnight the clock has ever been since its inception in 1947. The Doomsday Clock was established then due to the world having suffered WWII. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists now consists of fifteen scientists and scholars who have been awarded fifteen... Read more