The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has adjusted the 2026 Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds before midnight, marking the nearest point humanity has faced a potential disaster in the clock's 77-year existence. Experts pointed to three rapidly escalating dangers: the ongoing US-Iran conflict and persistent nuclear menaces, Russia's continued nuclear posturing in the Ukraine situation, which includes a drone attack on a NATO member, Romania, and the systematic deterioration of arms control treaties between the US and Russia. Every American residing in a major urban area is now within a nuclear strike zone — the Bulletin asserts that the likelihood of misjudgment resulting in nuclear engagement has reached unprecedented levels.
