Mankind close to clocking out, say scientists

ARMAGEDDON is just five minutes away, according to the latest Doomsday Clock time check, which was announced yesterday. Keepers of the clock, set up in 1947 to show how close humanity was to wiping itself out, today moved the minute hand two minutes forward, towards midnight. When the clock was established, the time was set at seven minutes to midnight. Since then it has moved forwards and backwards 17 times according to the state of the world.