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    When was the Domesday clock closest to midnight, and why?

    Question #93486. Asked by whee. (Mar 13 08 10:21 PM)


    dj168

    		Two minutes away from Midnight. The reason was because of all the climate change going on. Also nuclear instability and the possibility of nuclear war.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6270871.stm

    Mar 13 08, 10:52 PM
    queproblema

    		"Over the past 60 years, the Doomsday clock has now moved backwards and forwards 18 times. It advanced to two minutes before midnight - its closest proximity to doom - in 1953 after the United States and the Soviet Union detonated hydrogen bombs."

    This so-called "Doomsday clock" is currently set to five minutes before midnight, for what that's worth.

    From the above link.

    Mar 13 08, 11:54 PM

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