Apocalypse

Each depiction of the end of the world gives away a lot about what the most pressing concerns were at the time.

‘Z for Zachariah’ is about a nuclear holocaust that leaves one safe place on earth. A beautiful young woman lives there. Two men show up.

Scientists at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia have re-discovered a rare and important find in their storage rooms – a complete human skeleton who lived around 6,500 years ago in the Sumerian city-state of Ur.

Sir Isaac Newton was interested not only in physics, but also in biblical prophecy. His end-times prediction landed on 2060, but author J.S. Helios says it may be 2017.

Inventor, investor, and business magnate Elon Musk has recently said that the days of Terminator-style robots taking over the world may not be too far off.

The Argentine government has closed down access to a mountaintop for several days due to concerns that it will be the site of a mass suicide for people who believe the world will end on Friday.

If hunkering down in a basement with walls of canned food and a shotgun isn’t your cup of tea for a post-apocalyptic survival plan, the team at Survival Condo may have what you’re looking for.