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At my elementary school, a lifetime ago, duck and cover was as integral to our routine as recess. An alarm would signal the drill, and we first-through-sixth graders would drop whatever we were doing and scramble into a crouch under our wooden desks. The prescribed position was head down—one arm curled around your noggin, the other on top, for protection. We were to hold it until the all-clear, a few minutes later. It was the only time being a small kid was a distinct advantage.
Most of us haven’t given it much thought since. We know the threat of nuclear catastrophe is out there, but have managed to mostly ignore it and go on with our lives as if it isn’t—pushing that knowledge into a dark, silent corner . Even in the face of new nuclear arsenal build-ups, blatant weapon brandishing, and a hot war in Europe, most of us were barely noticing. They were tiny red flags waving frantically, from a distance.Last Sunday, exactly 78 years after the U.S.
was founded as a newsletter in 1945 by Manhattan Project scientists who’d been working at the University of Chicago .. Its purpose was to inform the public on nuclear dangers, while providing scientists with a forum where they could discuss public policy. The late Martyl Langsdorf—artist, Schaumburg resident, and wife of Manhattan Project physicist Alexander Langsdorf—created the now-famous Doomsday Clock for its first issue as a full-fledged magazine in 1947.
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