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Detailed explanation-1: -The “100 seconds to midnight” setting remained unchanged in 2021 and 2022. On January 24, 2023, the Clock was moved to 90 seconds (1 minute, 30 seconds) before midnight, meaning that the Clock’s current setting is the closest it has ever been to midnight since its inception in 1947.
Detailed explanation-2: -This year, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moves the hands of the Doomsday Clock forward, largely (though not exclusively) because of the mounting dangers of the war in Ukraine. The Clock now stands at 90 seconds to midnight-the closest to global catastrophe it has ever been.
Detailed explanation-3: -Prior to this year, the closest the Doomsday Clock had been to midnight was in 1953. Then, it was set to 11:58 after both the US and the Soviet Union carried out hydrogen-bomb tests the previous year.