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Doomsday Clock Update: Could Tick Closer to Midnight?

1/27/2026

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The Doomsday Clock will be updated on January 27, 2026.
The clock is currently set at 89 seconds to midnight.
Alicia Sanders-Zakre of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons says the clock could move closer by at least one second.
Dr. S. J. Beard of the University of Cambridge warns it might jump by nine seconds.
The update will be live-streamed by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

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The Doomsday Clock will be updated on January 27, 2026.
The clock is currently set at 89 seconds to midnight.
Alicia Sanders-Zakre of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons says the clock could move closer by at least one second.
Dr. S. J. Beard of the University of Cambridge warns it might jump by nine seconds.
The update will be live-streamed by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.