Editing Doomsday Clock (section)

==Basis for settings==
"Midnight" has a deeper meaning besides the constant threat of war. There are various elements taken into consideration when the scientists from the ''Bulletin'' decide what Midnight and "global catastrophe" really mean in a particular year. They might include "politics, energy, weapons, diplomacy, and climate science";<ref name="NPR.org">{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/26/511592700/the-doomsday-clock-is-now-30-seconds-closer-to-midnight|title=The Doomsday Clock Is Reset: Closest To Midnight Since The 1950s|work=NPR.org|access-date=April 18, 2017|archive-date=November 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127221534/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/26/511592700/the-doomsday-clock-is-now-30-seconds-closer-to-midnight|url-status=live}}</ref> potential sources of threat include [[nuclear threat]]s, climate change, [[bioterrorism]], and artificial intelligence.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Reynolds|first1=Emily|title=What is the Doomsday Clock and why does it matter?|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/what-is-the-doomsday-clock|access-date=January 29, 2018|date=January 25, 2018|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|archive-date=December 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203183526/https://www.wired.co.uk/article/what-is-the-doomsday-clock|url-status=live}}</ref> Members of the board judge Midnight by discussing how close they think humanity is to the end of civilization. In 1947, at the [[Cold War (1947–1953)|beginning of the Cold War]], the Clock was started at seven minutes to midnight.<ref name=":0"/>