I remember references to the doomsday clock all the time when I was a kid (in the 80's). They moved away from it when the nuclear threat diminished. But it's back in the news again.
They will SO be all over this like white on rice, as evidence that Armageddon is just a whisper away.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/23/us/feat-doomsday-clock-three-minutes-midnight/index.html