IN BRIEF THE BULLETIN OF ATOMIC SCIENTISTS HAS ONCE AGAIN MOVED THE SYMBOLIC "DOOMSDAY CLOCK" 30 SECONDS CLOSER TO MIDNIGHT. THE CLOCK NOW SITS AT "TWO MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT." RISING TENSIONS For the second year in a row , the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has moved the symbolic “Doomsday Clock” thirty seconds closer to midnight. The clock, which exists to show how close humanity is to annihilation, is now uncomfortably sitting at “two minutes to midnight,” matching the closest the it has ever come to the zero hour in its entire 71-years of existence. The last time the clock was in this position was when the United States and the Soviet Union performed test detonations of hydrogen bombs. Image Credit: Fastfission/Wikipedia (public domain) Rachel Bronson , president of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists spoke to reporters directly citing “the failure of President Trump and other world leaders to deal with looming threats of nuclear war and clima...