It is Thursday as I write this and as far as I can tell, World War III has not yet broken out. That’s a relief. Granted, these days “as far as I can tell” is not very far at all. For instance, despite ...

About 40 percent of American adults believe that we are living in the “end times,” according to a 2022 poll. Where did that idea come from? By Lauren Jackson I am the host of Believing. I grew up on a ...

Google says that the “quantum apocalypse” that could break internet security as we know it is coming sooner than it had realised. For years, computer experts have been worrying that once workable ...

Social psychologists in the US found that a third of people surveyed feel the world will end in their lifetimes. That's not only depressing; it also affects people's sense of agency when faced by war ...

Millennials everywhere are heartbroken as an iconic fashion chain announced a 'final weeks' sale, meaning the brand will soon be gone. 'Free-spirited' boutique clothing retailer Francesca's said it ...

Apocalyptic thinking, or the belief that some conclusive and unavoidable mass ending is imminent and will occur in our lifetime, is also a predictor of how we respond to existential threats to ...

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If you feel like we are inching nearer to the end of the world, you are not alone. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on Tuesday set their "Doomsday Clock" closer than ever to midnight — the ...

Somewhere deep in the Dzongu valley, in the shadow of Mt. Kanchendzonga, lies a secret pathway to Mayal Kyong – a hidden paradise of abundance, home to seven immortal couples revered as ancestors by ...

A mock job advertisement that has done the rounds recently calls for a “killswitch engineer” for OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT. The description requires the successful applicant to stand by servers all day ...

This column originally appeared in the Reno Gazette Journal in May 2024. The apocalypse is generally defined as the complete final destruction and end of the world; disaster resulting in drastic, ...

Science journalist Lizzie Wade’s first book, Apocalypse: A Transformative Exploration of Humanity's Resilience Through Cataclysmic Events explores some of the cataclysmic events that humans have faced ...