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Virginia Debates:
Are Human Microchips
Sign of Antichrist?

END TIMES DEPT.

Feb 11, 2010 1:33 PM CST

Virginia Debates: Are Human Microchips Sign of Antichrist?

Virginia bill would ban involuntary use for privacy, fate of world

(Newser) - These aren't the best of times, but the state legislature in Virginia is debating whether they might be end times. The involuntary implantation of microchips in people might be the biblical “mark of the beast,” a Virginia state legislator contends, and should be outlawed. Now, “I’m...

Relax, World Isn't
Ending in 2012

Oct 17, 2009 12:36 PM CDT

Relax, World Isn't Ending in 2012

Scientists are busy debunking growing urban legend

(Newser) - The statement issued by a Los Angeles observatory and Sky & Telescope magazine this week says it all: "The world will not come to an end on Dec. 21, 2012." It seems a confluence of events—the coming end of the Mayan calendar, for one, and the...

Hollywood Focuses on
Post-Apocalyptic Future

Jul 31, 2009 11:16 AM CDT

Hollywood Focuses on Post-Apocalyptic Future

Escapism, real fears fuel new crop of movies, TV shows

(Newser) - In one, the Earth's destruction fulfills an ancient prophesy. In another, mechanical dolls take over where humans left off. From serious to humorous, reality shows to documentaries, Hollywood is obsessed with the theme of a post-apocalyptic future, the Wall Street Journal reports. Some attribute the trend to escapism: “People...

Green Sex: Healthier,
Apocalypse-Proof

Jul 30, 2009 2:49 PM CDT

Green Sex: Healthier, Apocalypse-Proof

(Newser) - A green approach to sex, sexual aids, and protection is not only environmentally conscious but also healthy and prescient, the New York Post reports. “It’s really good to know you can power something up with your own body!” says the purveyor of a hand-cranked sex-toy. “It...

Stupidity Is
Final Sign of
Apocalypse

opinion

Mar 8, 2009 5:23 AM CDT

Stupidity Is Final Sign of Apocalypse

(Newser) - "Recession" and "depression" seem far too understated to describe our world's woes. With conflicts raging from the Middle East to Mexico—and politicians pandering to Wall Street crooks who ruined our economy—let's try another word: "apocalypse," writes David Sirota in Salon. "...

How to Survive the Apocalypse

Feb 1, 2009 8:32 AM CST

How to Survive the Apocalypse

Guardian explains how to kill pheasants, build shelter

(Newser) - Economic ruin, climate change, war—the apocalypse can’t be far off, right? Movies tell us that to survive the end of days we need “to sit in desirable country mansions, eat tinned tomatoes, develop post-traumatic psychosis and shoot each other,” Tanya Gold writes in the Guardian, noting...

Beck's a Bit Gloomy in New CD

music review

Jul 8, 2008 5:57 PM CDT

Beck's a Bit Gloomy in New CD

Modern Guilt is a far cry from the artist's early days

(Newser) - Beck’s new 34-minute-long record is a “simmering cauldron of postmillennial tension,” writes Leah Greenblatt in Entertainment Weekly, its paranoid lyrics “way past Bummerville” and nearing “Apocalypse Heights.” But producer Danger Mouse still manages to find “thoughtfulness and texture…if not exactly levity” that...

Pixar's Wall-E Proves Its Mettle

movie review

Jun 27, 2008 9:38 AM CDT

Pixar's Wall-E Proves Its Mettle

Robot love story wins rave reviews from critics

(Newser) - Stunning animation, an endearing love story, and a compelling look at mankind’s future make Pixar’s Wall-E one of the best films of the year, critics agree. “This is getting to sound like a broken record: Pixar Animation Studios has just topped itself. Again,” Kirk Honeycutt writes...

Kids Removed
From Doomsday
Compound

May 1, 2008 5:32 AM CDT

Kids Removed From Doomsday Compound

Claims of abuse by 'messiah'

(Newser) - Police in New Mexico have removed three children from the compound of an apocalyptic church, AP reports. The action followed allegations of inappropriate contact by the 66-year-old leader of Lord Our Righteousness church, who believes he's the "messiah," and has admitting having sex with adult church members, including...

7 Russian Cultists Quit Cave

Mar 29, 2008 5:49 AM CDT

7 Russian Cultists Quit Cave

Melting snow dooms end-of-the-world cult's hideout

(Newser) - Seven members of a Russian doomsday cult, all women, have emerged from the cave where they have been holed up since November, awaiting the end of the world (note: in May), Itar-Tass reports. Twenty-eight more remain in the cave southeast of Moscow—but they are expected to come out soon,...

Legend Science a Little Shaky

Dec 19, 2007 11:38 AM CST

Legend Science a Little Shaky

The idea of this killer virus is 'far-fetched,' says one expert

(Newser) - A man-made virus has turned people into mutants and killed off the rest. Downtown New York City looks like a jungle, and the only man left on the planet is trying to reverse the plague using his immune blood. So how realistic is the premise of Will Smith’s new...