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2007/1/12-24 [Science/GlobalWarming] UID:45535 Activity:nil
1/12    "Scientists prepare to move Doomsday Clock forward"
        http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070112/sc_nm/doomsday_clock_dc
        \_ Am I the only one who thinks the "doomsday clock" is retarded?
           (or at least not newsworthy)
           \_ You're right, it is retarded. It is as useful and as relevant to
              the average american as computers are as useful and as relevant
              to the starving & AIDS kids in Africa.
              \_ You mean it's as relevant to atomic science as the "Bulletin
                 of the Atomic Scientists"?
           \_ "Terror Code is ORANGE. That means Americans need to be more
              proactive and be on the lookout for terrorists."   -GWB
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news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070112/sc_nm/doomsday_clock_dc
Reuters Scientists prepare to move Doomsday Clock forward Fri Jan 12, 3:12 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The keepers of the "Doomsday Clock" plan to move its hands forward next Wednesday to reflect what they call worsening nuclear and climate threats to the world. The symbolic clock, maintained by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, currently is set at seven minutes to midnight, with midnight marking global catastrophe. The group did not say in which direction the hands would move. But in a news release previewing an event next Wednesday, they said the change was based on "worsening nuclear, climate threats" to the world. North Korea, unsecured nuclear materials in Russia and elsewhere, the continuing 'launch-ready' status of 2,000 of the 25,000 nuclear weapons held by the US and Russia, escalating terrorism, and new pressure from climate change for expanded civilian nuclear power that could increase proliferation risks," the release reads. The clock was last pushed forward by two minutes to seven minutes to midnight in 2002 amid concerns about the proliferation of nuclear, biological and other weapons and the threat of terrorism. When it was created by the magazine's staff in 1947, it was initially set at seven minutes to midnight and has moved 17 times since then. It was as close as two minutes to midnight in 1953 following US and Soviet hydrogen bomb tests, and as far away as 17 minutes to midnight in 1991 after the superpowers reached agreement on a nuclear arms reductions. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon.