How the Doomsday Clock came to be

EPISODE · Jan 28, 2019 · 4 MIN

How the Doomsday Clock came to be

from Retropod · host The Washington Post

Over the past seven decades, the Doomsday Clock has served as a metaphorical measure of humankind’s proximity to global catastrophe. Every year, scientists and nuclear experts set the clock's time after grappling over the state of geopolitical affairs.

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