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

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.
The Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, in Pickering, Ont. Several countries, including Canada, have produced nuclear energy for decades; however, finding a permanent solution to nuclear waste has proven challenging. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Ontario’s proposed nuclear waste repository poses millennia‑long ethical questions

Such repositories raise complex ethical questions around public safety, particularly given the millennia-long timescales of nuclear waste.

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