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What time will the nuclear ‘doomsday clock’ show?

Nuclear ‘doomsday clock’ to be reset New Scientist Debora MacKenzie, January 12, 2010 Which way will it go? On Thursday the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will adjust the minute hand on its iconic clock, showing how many minutes we are to midnight.
In ominous Cold War symbolism, it illustrates how close the Bulletin thinks humanity is to ultimate catastrophe.Are we closer to midnight? Or have we moved, shaking but relieved, a little further away?………
After all, the last time the hand moved, in 2007, it was from seven to five, partly because of then-US President George W. Bush’s faith in nukes and dislike of arms control.

Nuclear ‘doomsday clock’ to be reset – Short Sharp Science – New Scientist

January 13, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons