The End Is Nigh (Just 5 Mins Away!!)

Yup, it's official! We're 5 minutes from the end of the World according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists . I'm travelling around in the universe (did you see me on the otherside of the Virgo Stellar Stream Yog?), but hearing the news that the clock to doomdsday was reset, I had to turn back.

Sponsored by no less than 18 nobel laureates, the board is convinced that we are at the brink of a second nuclear age. The clock peaked at 2 minutes to midnight in 1953 when the USA tested its first thermonuclear device and again at 3 minutes to midnight in 1984 at the height of the cold war: Regarding the recent resetting of the clock the board was straightforward: "The United States and Russia remain ready to stage a nuclear attack within minutes, North Korea conducts a nuclear test, and many in the international community worry that Iran plans to acquire the Bomb."

Only this time, climate change is helping along too.

Time to panic? Yes, and it's probably overdue. But then I'll be on the far side of the universe to watch the spectacle. I'll miss Earth though, especially the giant baobab trees of the Limpopo province (and a few friends). Good luck! The end is nigh!