The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Board announced Thursday that the clock would be kept at two minutes to midnight. According to the scientists, the decision was caused by two "extreme threats — nuclear weapons and climate change".
In 1953, the clock struck 23:58, as both the US and the USSR had successfully tested thermonuclear bombs, while the hands hit the same time in 2018 due to the situations surrounding North Korea and climate change.
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