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Doomsday Clock
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Doomsday Clock
A symbolic clock face, maintained since 1947 by atomic scientists at the University of Chicago, that views humans as minutes from midnight—i.e., catastrophic destruction


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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Fifteen minutes to midnight and the sun has just set in Gothenburg, a spotless seaside city on the west coast of Sweden, where a fish-choking bronze Poseidon guards Main Street and the biggest threat to public safety is an overabundance of beer piss in the old moat.
 
 
 
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