In other words, the countdown. Where did it come from? Far from being simply a dramatic device, the countdown clock serves a definite ... those famed ten seconds of here we go!

Good news, everyone! Now you can have an ongoing existential crisis, every second of your ever-dwindling life with this personal life countdown timer. Why would anyone want to be confronted by a ...

Rather than in minutes, the countdown of the Doomsday Clock, which symbolizes the time until Earth's destruction, could now start in a matter of only 100 seconds, according to scientists. “ ...