"Get caught up in a moment of danger!" The "Doomsday Clock" is unveiled again, this time with only 100 seconds left

Source: Global Times New Media

According to the British "Guardian" reported on the 20th, the "doomsday clock" is used to warn mankind of the threat of nuclear weapons and various disasters. This time, according to a panel of experts, the hands of the clock will be held 100 seconds before midnight.

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This is the third consecutive year that the hands of the "doomsday clock" have been set in this position, and it is closer to midnight than at any time during the Cold War, including the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The Atomic Scientists' Gazette magazine, which plans the annual unveiling of the hands, said the decision to leave the Doomsday Clock hands unchanged reflected some of the positive developments of the past year that had been offset by the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the climate emergency and the rising tide of biological threats.

Sharon Squassoni, a professor at George Washington University and co-chair of the Science and Security Committee of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, said: "The bell of doom stabilizes 100 seconds before midnight. But stability is not good news. In fact, it reflects the Committee's judgment that we are in a dangerous moment that will bring neither stability nor security. ”

Scott Sagan, a professor of political science at Stanford University, said: "The doomsday clock is not set by good intentions, but by evidence of action." ”

The "Doomsday Clock" is a fictional clock face founded in 1947 by the Journal of the Atomic Scientists, sponsored by the University of Chicago. The clock indicates the extent to which the world is threatened by nuclear weapons. When it was founded in 1947, the minute hand was 7 minutes away from midnight. In response to the world situation, the magazine will draw the minute needle closer or dial the ion night to remind all walks of life to face up to the problem.