apocalypse
I moved my family off-grid in rural Alaska to prepare for a zombie apocalypse
After being unable to charge her phone during a brief power-cut eleven years ago, this mom realized how dire her situation would be if her electricity was permanently shut down.
NASA plans 'Armageddon'-style mission to crash into asteroid's moon
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, is set to lift off on Nov. 24 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base.
'Prisoners of the Ghostland' review: Nicolas Cage's 'wildest movie'
The post-apocalyptic flick is the first movie where Cage has explosives strapped to his testicles, which just seems like, you know, something he'd have done by now.
This country would be the best place to face apocalypse
Researchers have released a “shortlist of nations” with the “greatest potential” for a relatively more pleasant apocalypse experience.
NASA plans head-on collision between spaceship and asteroid
NASA is organizing a boxing match set among the stars.
CDC offers 'zombie preparedness' tips in case Nostradamus was right
Fear not! The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has your back.
Apocalypse soon? Doomsday Clock has bad news for humanity
The symbolic Doomsday Clock — designed by scientists to measure how close humanity is to an apocalypse — remains set dangerously close to disaster at 100 seconds until “midnight,” it was revealed...
Scientists decry death by 1,000 cuts for world’s insects
The world’s vital insect kingdom is undergoing “death by a thousand cuts,” the world’s top bug experts said. Climate change, insecticides, herbicides, light pollution, invasive species and changes in agriculture...
James Marsden: There was a 'strange feeling' on the set of 'The Stand'
James Marsden stars in the latest adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Stand” as Stu, an everyman who's caught in an apocalyptic pandemic.
Isaac Newton’s burnt ‘Great Pyramid’ notes reveal secret quest to predict apocalypse
He's one of history’s greatest thinkers, but while Sir Isaac Newton changed our understanding of the universe, he had some pretty bonkers ideas in his time, too. Unpublished notes penned...
Oreo builds asteroid-proof bunker and fills it with cookies, powdered milk
Oreos will survive the apocalypse. The threat of asteroids striking the Earth and causing a global catastrophe has inspired some groups to build bunkers to not only protect survivors but...
Robot writes op-ed promising to destroy mankind
A language-generating robot has written an op-ed article in a major newspaper -- and it says it really doesn't want to destroy mankind, but that it probably will anyway. "I...
Engineer creates 'AI Jesus' that makes doomsday 'prophecies'
An artificially intelligent algorithm that has been trained in biblical scripture has been coming up with its own "prophecies." The creation is called AI Jesus and it's already spoken about...
FBI agent describes grisly excavation of 'Doomsday' cult mom's children
An FBI agent described in an Idaho court Tuesday the grisly excavation of the charred and decomposing remains of "Doomsday" dad Chad Daybell's stepchildren in a pet cemetery at the...
Why so many Americans are buying up personal bunkers
Amid the pandemic, Americans are splurging up to $4.5 million on luxury bunkers, where they plan to ride out the future apocalypse
Humanity faces rapid 'catastrophic collapse,' study warns
They say their analysis may also help explain why humans haven't made contact with other intelligent life forms.
Date Chad Daybell predicted as end of the world comes and goes
The day Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow predicted as the end of the world has come and gone. The doomsday-obsessed couple -- who are in custody on charges tied to...
Stop it with the end-of-the-world theories already!
Hey, so, funny story: Remember back in 2012 when a bunch of people thought the world was going to end? The apocalypse was scheduled for December 21st — just four...
Here's what happens in a nuclear apocalypse
Since the creation of the atom bomb, the threat of nuclear war has loomed. Endless films and books have dealt with the nuclear apocalypse and its aftermath, but what would...
Doomsday clock moves even closer to midnight: Here's what it means
Symbolizing "the gravest perils facing humankind," the clock is now closer to midnight than at any point since its inception in 1947.