The Doomsday Clock

The Doomsday Clock, a symbolic indicator made famous by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists since its inception in 1947, was moved Tuesday January 8, 2013 from six minutes to five minutes before midnight as a warning about nuclear dangers and climate change.

"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." ~ J. Robert Oppenheimer Quoting from the Bhagavad Gita

 

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another episode of the acclaimed documentary series Modern Marvels which tells the story behind the "Doomsday Clock" of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

The Doomsday Clock symbolizes all the existential threats currently facing the human species. According to the Doomsday Clock the World will end at the stroke of midnight!

Modern Marvels - Doomsday Tech

Today on Far Future Horizons we explore the technologies that can either ensure the long term survival of the human species or lead to its ultimate extinction.

Does the human species have the technology to prevent its own extinction from an asteroid? Can we wipe out our own species by a super engineered disease? Cyber terrorism, genetic engineering are just some scenarios for a twenty-first century doomsday.

Possible Earth Doomsday Scenarios with David Darling on Coast to Coast Radio

Doomsday Asteroid

 

Today on Far Future Horizons we are happy to present a recent interview George Noory did on December 6^th, 2012 with Astronomer and best selling author David Darling on Coast to Coast Radio concerning various Doomsday Scenarios and existential threats.

David Darling is a British astronomer, with a PhD from the University of Manchester and is the author of several dozen science books. His website The Internet Encyclopedia of Science is one of the most visited sites on the Internet for information about life and intelligence in the universe.