Well here we are two minutes closer to midnight, and I feel fine. Seriously though, for those who are not aware, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists who created the “Doomsday” clock in 1947 to warn of the impending dangers of global nuclear annihilation, have moved the ominous timepiece forward two minutes which puts us squarely at five minutes till midnight. Why have we moved closer to the end? According to the folks who run the program, the threat from rogue states possessing nuclear weapons and starting a nuclear war combined with the danger of climate change destroying human habitats factored into their calculations.

Here’s an excerpt from the Reuters article:

“We foresee great peril if governments and societies do not take action now to render nuclear weapons obsolete and to prevent further climate change,” famed theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking of the University of Cambridge, a member of the bulletin’s board of sponsors, told reporters in London.

Yikes, hole up with your favorite comfort food and put Busta Rhyme’s “Extinction Level Event” on loop, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.

Read the full story from Reuters