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This is a section of the cover of a 1984 Bulletin magazine cover that reads "This is a time when things must be done before their time." The issue focused on the Doomsday Clock moving forward from four minutes to three minutes to midnight.

Moving the Doomsday Clock forward in 1984: Three minutes to midnight

By A Bulletin editorial | Doomsday Clock
Robert J. Oppenheimer, who is often called "the father of the atomic bomb," was the first chairman of the Bulletin’s board of sponsors.

Reflections from 1967 on Oppenheimer’s legacy and impact on the Bulletin

By A Bulletin editorial | Nuclear Risk
This is a section of the cover of a December 1991 Bulletin magazine issue that marked the move of the Doomsday Clock from 10 minutes to midnight to 17 minutes to midnight. It shows an Earth with the Doomsday Clock hands overlaid on it, set at 17 minutes to midnight.

A new era: The farthest the Doomsday Clock ever moved backward

By A Bulletin editorial | Doomsday Clock
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Now, it’s time to deliver

By A Bulletin editorial | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion