Mayan Apocalypse

Annalee Newitz’s outlook on extinction is positively optimistic

Source: Globe and Mail

Scatter, Adapt and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction By Annalee Newitz Viking Canada, 320 pages, $32.00 We live in a time obsessed with the end, even if we don’t yet live in the end times. The stillborn Maya ...
Full article at: Globe and Mail More like this May 25 2013, 10:10am CDT

Column: Future possibilities are as endless as our cornfields

Source: Worthington Daily Globe

More from around the web Editor’s note: The three student speeches delivered at the WHS commencement will be published on this page over the course of three Saturdays. WORTHINGTON — Thankfully (or not, depending on your love of life or e ...
Full article at: Worthington Daily Globe More like this May 25 2013, 12:12am CDT

Termites Swarm New Orleans, People Think It’s The Apocalypse

Source: The Inquisitr

The termites were attracted to bright and well-lit devices, which included car headlights, homes, and streetlights. The insects were expected to hit at the beginning of May, but it has been an unusually cold few weeks and they only ...
Full article at: The Inquisitr More like this May 23 2013, 9:46pm CDT

Things That Have Been Thrown Out Potpourri

Source: Above the Law

It’s a bit of a slow news day around here. Our thoughts and prayers are with the people who have been tornadoed. I was on the Huckabee show trying to explain the IRS scandal to rabid conservatives. It was like a “road game.” I don’t ...
Full article at: Above the Law More like this May 21 2013, 11:14am CDT