The Doomsday Clock depicts how close humanity is to armageddon – but where did it come from, how do you read its time, and what can we learn from it? Existential risk researcher SJ Beard explains.

it is 3 o'clock. Reading the hours on a clock is like following a number line from 1 to 12. Each number shows an hour. A whole day has 24 hours. The first 12 hours are in the morning and the ...

If you’re interested enough you can click on through to the project’s Hackaday.io page and learn how to actually read the clock. Presumably you’ll then come back here and leave your comment ...