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May 21, 2011, Is Doomsday? Twitter Ain't Buyin' It

By Mary Phillips-SandyMar 7th 2011 – 3:12PM

The world will end on May 21. Or not. Harold Camping, a Christian radio broadcaster from California, has picked May 21, 2011, as the start of the end times. Now, as the date draws near, he's organized a doomsday caravan of fellow believers to travel across the country, spreading the word about the end of the world. On...

Farmers Deposit Seeds in Arctic Doomsday Vault, Patrolled by Polar Bears

By Matthew HallFeb 15th 2011 – 7:25AM
John McConnico, AP

John McConnico, AP

Farmers from Australia are the latest donors to a polar bear-patrolled Arctic doomsday vault that stores seeds as insurance against an international food emergency. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a converted mine, is located about 800 miles from the North Pole in Arctic Norway. An Australian delegation of farmers and...

Will This Mysterious French Town Survive the End of the World?

By Dana KennedyFeb 1st 2011 – 1:00PM
AFP./Getty Images

AFP./Getty Images

An increasing number of people who follow esoteric teachings believe a small, picturesque village in southwest France has special powers and is the place to wait out the global apocalypse they warn is coming in 2012. Among the many myths surrounding rural Bugarach, population 189, are claims that the so-called lost...

From Betelgeuse to Ophiuchus: 5 (Perhaps Unlikely) Signs of the Apocalypse

By David KnowlesJan 26th 2011 – 3:44PM

Has the proverbial die been cast? For those looking around for signs that the world is about to end, there has been no shortage of possible harbingers of late. While Surge Desk doesn't put much stock in any one theory, the preponderance of doomsday prophecies has caught our eye. Here then is a run-down of the latest...

NASA Calls '2012' Most Flawed Sci-Fi Film Ever

By Lee SpeigelJan 10th 2011 – 12:56PM
Sony Pictures/Everett Collection

Sony Pictures/Everett Collection

The 2009 film "2012" depicted an ultimate end-of-the-world scenario based on an ancient Mayan calendar that ends on Dec. 21, 2012. But does NASA believe the film accurately portrays something that will really happen? Absolutely not. In fact, NASA scientists say the doomsday "2012" is the most ridiculous sci-fi film...

end of the world News From the Web

  • 12/30/10 The end of the world Source: The Observer - La Grande OR And according to some doomsday aficionados, not much time to find answers.
  • 11/12/10 End of the World Source: The Manila Bulletin - Philippines During Christ's time, people were gravely perturbed about the end of the world.
  • 10/07/10 end of the world Source: Popular Science “Do you have a family?”

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