Nuclear, disease and AI fears factor into 2025 Doomsday Clock reset The nuclear threat is especially concerning this year, said Manpreet Sethi, a member of the board and distinguished fellow at the Centre for Air Power Studies in New Delhi.

Scientists and global leaders revealed on Tuesday that the "Doomsday Clock" has been reset to the closest humanity has ever come to self-annihilation.

Humanity is closer to species-threatening disaster than ever before, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, who today moved the hand of the "Doomsday Clock" to 89 seconds to midnight.