Nobel Prize-winning physicist predicts the date of humanity’s destruction

His comments arrive at a time when conflicts continue across several regions and concerns about nuclear weapons and emerging technology remain part of international debate.

Nuclear war threat
In an interview with Live Science, the Nobel laureate pointed to long-standing concerns about nuclear conflict, explaining that even after the Cold War ended, the threat never fully disappeared.

“Even after the Cold War ended, when we had strategic arms control treaties, all of which have disappeared, there were estimates that there was a 1% chance of nuclear war every year,” he said, adding that the likelihood may now be even higher as geopolitical tensions continue to shift.