The Doomsday Clock has just been set to 85 seconds to midnight. Nearly 80 years after its creation, this time represents the closest the clock has ever been to midnight. The Doomsday ClockThe Doomsday Clock was created in 1947, during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. “National leaders, particularly those of the United States, Russia, and China, must take the lead in finding a way out of the abyss,” the experts concluded. “Citizens must insist that they do so.”This story was originally published in WIRED Italia and has been translated from Italian.