In the early days of the nuclear era, scientists introduced the Doomsday Clock as a symbolic gauge of how close humanity is to catastrophic destruction. On Tuesday, nearly 80 years later, the clock was adjusted to 85 seconds before midnight — the closest point ever, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which launched the concept in 1947. Midnight on the clock symbolizes a point of irreversible global devastation caused by human actions. Previously, in 2023 and 2024, the clock