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By Feb 14, 2020
Space

No matter how badly you want an asteroid to hit Earth, it’s not happening this weekend

Rumors of our impending death have been greatly exaggerated.
By Feb 11, 2020
Health

Coronavirus shows our health agencies are ill prepared for fake news

Disinformation spreads even faster than disease—and it can be just as deadly.
By Jan 23, 2020
Science

The Doomsday Clock is now closer to midnight than ever before

Just 100 seconds to midnight.
By Aug 27, 2019
Military

A few small goofs nearly threw the world into nuclear war

Excerpt: End Times
By Jul 27, 2019
Space

We were not almost killed by an asteroid this week

Unfortunately.
By Mar 7, 2019
Space

Asteroids deal with breakups better than we thought

There go our hopes of nuking an apocalyptic asteroid.
By Jan 8, 2019
Space

The Milky Way could crash into another galaxy way sooner than we thought

The Large Magellanic Cloud isn’t just a pretty satellite galaxy—it’s also a future threat.
By Oct 15, 2018
Environment

The terrifying new climate change report has one silver lining

There is still time to push for a better future.
By May 2, 2018
Space

Yes, Earth’s magnetic poles can flip. But they probably won’t anytime soon.

But they might wobble.
By Jan 26, 2018
Science

What the heck is the Doomsday Clock, and why did it just tick?

We're two minutes to midnight. Again.