The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (BAS) has declared it will make a “major announcement” when it meets Friday morning to decide whether to move the Doomsday Clock’s hands.
The Doomsday Clock is the BAS’ symbolic countdown to a possible global catastrophe. The group, which is advised by a board containing 18 Nobel laureates, meets twice annually to discuss global events. In 1947, it launched the Doomsday Clock as a way to “reflect basic changes in the level of continuous danger in which mankind lives in the nuclear age.” …. http://www.businessinsider.com