The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will determine if the "Doomsday Clock" needs to be adjusted at 10 a.m. ET on Jan. 27.

Wars, climate change, disruptive technologies and the rise of autocracy over the past year prompted scientists to set the clock at 85 seconds to midnight.

Alicia Sanders–Zakre, head of policy at the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, told the Daily Mail the clock is likely to move closer to midnight as the threat of nuclear weapons use ...