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Warming and cooling of Earth go in cycles
We are experiencing what some want to label as global warming. The climate of this planet is changing constantly because of where we are in time and in this 'phase' in our rotational cycle.
Better check your Mayan calendar for appointments
Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. - Robert Frost I have seen the future and it is really loud.
These theories explore interesting opinions on what COULD happen around December 21, 2012.
Indigenous to the Americas, the wild turkey is a majestic, fast running bird more of interest to bird watchers and hunters than butchers.
Doomsday just around the corner?
I can barely wait to see the end of the world. How about you? If you've seen any of the movie trailers for 2012 - depicting the latest Armageddon - it looks rather exciting.
Doomsday movie offers escape from tough times
"It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine." Unless you've been hiding in a fallout shelter for the past few weeks, you've seen the ads for "2012," an apocalyptic movie about how the world ends.
Artifacts shed light on the common Maya
Maya murals found on the Yucatan peninsula, about 1,300 years old, bear images of commoners handling maize, clay vessels, and salt, rather than images of royalty and mystical animals.
Each of us must face the apocalypse on our own terms. Personally, I'm heading for the hills, to the heavily fortified Scheide Family Compound, but if last week's box-office numbers are any indication, this holiday season, millions of Americans will usher in the end of days at the movies.
Hand in hand, my daughter and I started climbing and counting steps...118, 119, and finally, 120.
What's Up at Chabot: Full-dome show explores Mayans' astrological contributions
JOHN CUSACK MIGHT SURVIVE the end of the world in the new movie "2012," but if you want the real story of unlocking the Mayan calendar, experience Chabot's new digital full-dome show "Tales of the Maya Skies." Produced by Chabot Space and Science Center, the show explores the cosmology of the ancient Maya, their culture and contributions to ...
Movie carries message of Sino-US savior
Just like any other audience worldwide, I was stunned by the jaw-breaking visual impact how Los Angeles turns to ashes in the hands of Hollywood's disaster genius Roland Emmerich in his $200-million apocalyptic production 2012 released over the weekend.
2012 debunked: Mayans envision renewal,not the apocalypse
21 of that year. The date corresponds loosely to information gleaned from the writings of ancient Mayan culture, when the "Long-Count Calendar" of 5,126 days turns over and the result is - what, exactly? This has triggered a flood of books, TV specials, Web sites and, in some circles, panic.
Phil Perrrier: Mayans say it's the end of the world as we know it - and yet I feel fine
WE keep hearing that, according to the Mayan calendar, life on Earth will end in 2012.
Variation in genetic admixture and population structure among Latinos ...
Population structure and admixture have strong confounding effects on genetic association studies.
US scientist condemns doomsday film "2012"
LOS ANGELES: A NASA scientist has condemned the doomsday film "2012" and launched a web site, "Ask an Astrobiologist," to quell the fears it is raising.
2012: new film features - Mayan doomsday,' but Maya say Bunk
One person not singing its praises is Mayan elder Apolinario Chile Pixtun, who says he's tired of the whole idea of a 'Mayan apocalypse,' and suggests that doomsday theories actually spring from Western rather than Mayan ideas.
German director, Roland Emmerich, the man behind such spectacles as Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow is set to destroy the world again with his latest action flick, 2012 , which opened worldwide yesterday.
Author: Ancient Mayans never predicted doomsday in 2012
There is a growing legend out there, egged on by Hollywood and extremist Web sites, that the ancient Maya predicted the world would end on Dec.
I've had it. I've frakking had it. I had hoped the brouhaha over the 2012 apocalypse -- you know, the Mayans predicted the world would end on Dec.