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Members of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists reveal the Doomsday Clock, set to 85 seconds to midnight, during a news conference at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in January 2026 in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Why the Doomsday Clock has outlived its usefulness

Martin Hébert, Université Laval and Maxime Polleri, Université Laval

Complacency about the serious challenges the world is facing is not an option. But the idea that we are almost at the point of no return via the Doomsday Clock isn’t helpful.

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