By World War II, his drive to defeat Germany would propel him to direct the Manhattan Project — the top-secret development of an American atomic bomb — at the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico.

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a group formed by Manhattan Project scientists at the University of Chicago who helped build the atomic bomb but protested using it against people. The time of the clock is currently 89 seconds to ...

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Earth is moving closer to destruction, a science-oriented advocacy group said Tuesday as it advanced its famous Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds till midnight, the closest it has ever been.

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The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists announced Tuesday that the "Doomsday Clock" is now set to 89 seconds to midnight.