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Hands of the "Doomsday Clock" to be moved in New York City
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by snuffysmith | January 11, 2010 at 12:03 pm
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The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) will move the minute hand of its famous "Doomsday Clock" at 10 a.m. EST/1500 GMT on January 14, 2010 in New York City. For the first time ever, the event will be opened up to the general public via a live Web feed at http://www.TurnBackTheClock.org.
The last time the Doomsday Clock minute hand moved was in January 2007, when the Clock's minute hand was pushed forward by two minutes from seven to five minutes before midnight.
The precise time to be shown on the updated Doomsday Clock will not be announced until the live news conference in New York City takes place on January 14, 2010. Factors influencing the latest Doomsday Clock change include international negotiations on nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation, expansion of civilian nuclear power, the possibilities of nuclear terrorism, and climate change. Read complete news advisory
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at 10:31 on January 12th, 2010
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at 15:04 on January 12th, 2010
Ukraine's Nuclear Nostalgia (PDF) Ukraine's Nuclear Nostalgia (PDF)
Mykola Riabchuk, World Policy Institute
Editor's Note: Ukraine agreed to relinquish nuclear weapons left on its soil after the collapse of the Soviet Union and to forego their acquisition in the future, but some Ukrainians increasingly question whether that decision benefited the nation. In this article, Mykola Riabchuk argues that Ukraine's nuclear nostalgia, stemming from the perceived threat of Russia and the feeling that Ukraine is being ignored by the West, is irrational and distracts society from tackling real political and economic problems. "Ukrainians are not politically mobilized on the issue of acquiring nuclear arms," Riabchuk writes, "yet they occasionally regret that nuclear weapons were surrendered. This is a discrepancy between the rational and emotional, between the reasonable recognition of objective international and domestic constraints and the feelings and displays of insecurity from abroad." Riabchuk's article offers important insights into the politics and psychology of nuclear disarmament and proliferation.
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http://www.carnegieendowment.org/static/npp/pdf/riabchuk_wpj.pdf
at 09:31 on January 13th, 2010
Tomorrow's Doomsday Clock event
will feature online Q & A
Join us on January 14, 2010, for a live streaming of the Doomsday Clock announcement from the New York Academy of Sciences. The event will feature a question and answer session open to you, the online audience.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist's panel of experts will discuss nuclear disarmament, nonproliferation, climate change, and other security issues influencing the upcoming Doomsday Clock announcement.
Date:
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Time:
10:00 AM ET (3:00 PM GMT)
Location:
www.TurnBackTheClock.org
at 14:26 on January 13th, 2010
From Live Science:
The minute hand of the famous Doomsday Clock is set to move this Thursday, and for the first time, anyone with Internet access can watch. Which way the hand will move and by how much have not been made public.
The event will take place at 10 a.m. EST (1500 GMT) on Jan. 14 at the New York Academy of Sciences Building in New York City. While the actual clock is housed at the Bulletin of Atomic Sciences offices in Chicago, Ill., a representation of the clock will be changed at Thursday's news conference. (You can watch the live Web feed at www.TurnBackTheClock.org.)
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Best Guess: It will move closer to midnight by one minute.