From oarfish to military aircraft, explore four weird signs people still believe signal the end of the world-and what science ...

After the hands of the Doomsday Clock were set closer to midnight than they've ever been in its history, on Jan. 26, the panel of experts doing the predictions listed four big reasons why. The ...

Humanity continues to move closer to catastrophe, scientists said Tuesday, Jan. 27. The human race is at its closest point yet to destroying itself, according to the reset of the ominous but symbolic ...

Civilization is still as close to worldwide destruction as it was last year. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists unveiled in Washington D.C. on Tuesday that the "Doomsday Clock" will remain ...

Throughout history, people have imagined the end of the world in countless ways, often marked by awe, dread and morbid fascination. The University of Chicago has an unusual claim on that imagination.