GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Exploding trees may be taking over your social media feed, but a local gardening expert says you are unlikely to see them in your own backyard. Rick Vuyst, the former CEO ...

The keepers of the “Doomsday Clock” on Tuesday moved the symbolic countdown to 85 seconds till midnight and warned that the world has never been closer to destruction on the metaphorical timepiece.

Wars, climate change, disruptive technologies and the rise of autocracy over the past year prompted scientists to set the clock at 85 seconds to midnight. Wars, climate change, disruptive technologies ...

Earth is closer than ever to global catastrophe as major world powers grow increasingly confrontational and cooperative efforts to reduce existential risks break down, a group of scientists warned ...

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Humanity continues to move closer to catastrophe, scientists said Tuesday, Jan. 27. The human race is at its closest point yet to destroying itself, according to the reset of the ominous but symbolic ...

Earlier on Jan. 26, the hands of the Doomsday Clock were set closer to midnight than they've ever been in its history. Citing a worldwide "failure of leadership," the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists ...

At the dawn of the nuclear age, scientists created the Doomsday Clock as a symbolic representation of how close humanity is to destroying the world. On Tuesday, nearly eight decades later, the clock ...

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If you’ve been online lately, you may have seen alarming headlines claiming that “exploding trees” are waking people up across the country. The reports describe a loud bang in the middle of the night, ...

They have some a-clock-alyptic forecasts. Are the end times at hand? Scientists are preparing to update the Doomsday Clock on Tuesday, sparking speculation it will move ominously forward amid fears of ...

This weekend, much of the United States is expecting to be hit with a polar vortex with extreme cold — cold that's icy, bone-chilling and … explosive? As people prepare for these frigid temperatures, ...