And in the coming times, the days will go dark, the trees will become bare, the fields stark, a mysterious virus will stalk young people and zombies will ravage our dreams. Sounds depressing, but really it's just another way of saying it's the last week of daylight saving time, leaves are falling, there are worries about H1N1 this winter, and we're awash in horror films because Halloween ends the week, on the last day before the return of "standard time. But then again, two wars, recession, local tragedies, the approach of winter and Internet craziness have a way of intensifying that feeling. And I'm getting a clear cosmic reading on the number ... 2012.
MEXICO CITY - Apolinario Chile Pixtun is tired of being bombarded with frantic questions about the Mayan calendar supposedly "running out" on Dec. 21, 2012. After all, it's not the end of the world. Or is it?
As the person who is widely credited with helping usher in the 2012 Doomsday Craze, John Major Jenkins says he doesn't want to spoil the party, but the world won't end on Dec. 21, 2012. An author of 10 books on Mayan culture, Jenkins says the end of the Mayan calendar did not prophesy Armageddon, but simply reflected their belief in the "birth of a new age.
," the new disaster picture from Roland Emmerich ("Independence Day," "The Day After Tomorrow"), is 160 minutes long. That's two hours and 40 minutes of Earth destruction and cardboard- cutout characters screaming in terror while they drive/fly/boat away from impending blue-screen computer-generated doom. It's way too much. And I'm not talking about the relentless CGI.
GRENOBLE, France - Scientists will find a long-sought theoretical particle - or rule out that it exists - by the end of 2012, the director of the world's largest atom smasher predicted Monday. Rolf Heuer, director of the European particle physics laboratory near Geneva, said his confidence was based on the latest findings from the $10 billion proton collider under the Swiss-French border.
MEXICO CITY - Seize the day. Only a year is left before Dec. 21, 2012, when some believe the Maya predicted the end of the world.
My friend John remains obsessed with this 2012 End of the World business. Three weeks ago, he lost his job. I asked if he wanted any help updating his resume.
Around this time, most hotels and restaurants are selling their place as the spot to ring in the New Year and a new beginning. But one downtown hotel is celebrating 2012 as the start of the end of the world.
Even though some are predicting the end of the world in 2012, there is a possibility it could turn out better than 2011 (a low bar). Many people who are not part of the political class continue to advance civilization and make things better for us - like the late Steve Jobs. Dr. Ito Briones, who is a biochemist research scientist, a medical doctor and something of a Renaissance man, recently wrote to me that he thinks the greatest discovery in medical science was the creation of iPS (induced pluripotent stem cells, or stem cells from reprogrammed skin cells) by Drs. Shinya Yamanaka and Kazutoshi Takahashi. According to Dr. Briones, "Even though the clinical application of iPS cells remains untested, the theories about aging and stem cells and the fountain of youth principles are groundb...
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