The Doomsday clock was just moved back a minute.

It is 6 minutes to midnight. We are poised to bend the arc of history toward a world free of nuclear weapons. For the first time since atomic bombs were dropped in 1945, leaders of nuclear weapons states are cooperating to vastly reduce their arsenals and secure all nuclear bomb-making material. And for the first time ever, industrialized and developing countries alike are pledging to limit climate-changing gas emissions that could render our planet nearly uninhabitable. These unprecedented steps are signs of a growing political will to tackle the two gravest threats to civilization — the terror of nuclear weapons and runaway climate change.

In 1947 when the clock was set it was set to 7 minutes to midnight. In 1953 is was set to only 2. In 1991 it was set to an amazing 17 minutes to midnight, the farthest it’s ever been. We’re clawing our way back, assuming you buy into what they’re selling and their reasons.

Go to Turnbacktheclock.org for more info.