Doomsday Clock set to remain at 5 minutes to midnight for 2013

Congratulations, humanity, we survived the Mayan apocalypse! But before we go and pat ourselves on the back too much, be aware that the infamous "Doomsday Clock" is going to remain set at five minutes to midnight for 2013. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists at the University of Chicago, the group overseeing the clock that has acted as a symbolic warning of humanity's impending doom since 1947, announced in a letter to President Obama that based on threats from climate change, nuclear meltdown and terrorism, the time shall remain 11:55 p.m. Just when we thought we could stop and enjoy having missed the end of the world. [Source]

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