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For some Americans, biblical prophecies about the end-times serve as a guide to conflicts in the Middle East today.
Why not wrap up in a warm blanket, grab a mulled wine and settle down to consider the end of everything this Christmas?
As AI floods the internet with text, it could mean human voices will matter more – not less.
The ways in which zombies are spawned − and contained − reflect a range of public health principles.
Get past the fake science, and the Taurid meteor shower foreshadows what could, one day, pose a troubling scenario.
Events that the media describe as ‘apocalyptic’ reflect changing anxieties about the future.
A scholar of early Christian literature writes that religious theories around celestial events are part of a larger human pattern to find meaning. And they go back thousands of years.
The ‘Left Behind’ series emphasizes themes of authority, loyalty and sanctity, but they are preferences for order, not moral matters.
The 2024 elections may see a more intense end-times rhetoric, claims of divine support and a failure to condemn the rise in Christian nationalism, writes a religion scholar.
From open letters to congressional testimony, some AI leaders have stoked fears that the technology is a direct threat to humanity. The reality is less dramatic but perhaps more insidious.
A journey through McCarthy’s work is not for the fainthearted, nor the weak-stomached. But these tales of society’s outcasts and misfits are hugely rewarding.
Maybe it was a nuclear war, devastating climate change, or a killer virus. But if something caused people to disappear, imagine what would happen afterward.
The end is often envisioned the same way: abruptly, hopelessly and completely. How does this constrain the range of possible solutions?
Apocalyptic thinking undermines democracy because it delegitimizes political opponents, turning them into enemies of God.
While shelves empty and the “booze trains” run, humanity’s ancient festival dream of equality and justice awaits.
Climate disasters are drawing comparisons to apocalyptic films. Their happy endings may have given us a false sense of hope.
If octopuses simply started evolving a smarter brain, what stops them from ruling over humans? Why has this not happened already? An expert explains what these cephalopods might be capable of.
Dead cities are enduring images in post-apocalyptic literature and cinema.
Humanity is destroying Earth’s ability to support complex life. But coming to grips with the magnitude of the problem is hard, even for experts.
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