We spoke at length with a series of self-identified preppers. It became clear that most aren’t so out of the ordinary.
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Post-apocalyptic visions reflect society's fears – and gamers get to immerse themselves in it.
The end of times, and any small-scale apocalypse, has a special quality: that of distilling what is important from what is superficial and unnecessary.
The real focus of end-of-days narratives isn’t the spectacle of collapse, but about what comes after and how it challenges our world view.
Many American evangelicals believe that the establishment and protection of Israel set up a chain of event for the return of Jesus. What were the origins of this narrative?
No problem too big #1: Artificial intelligence and killer robots.
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In this special Speaking With podcast episode, a panel of artists and researchers speculates on the end of the world due to artificial intelligence and killer robots, as though it has already happened.
Mr Burns is a dazzling meditation on the meaning of theatre through The Simpsons.
If we survive for another 7.59 billion years, our planet will spiral into the outer layers of the dying sun and melt away forever.
Fear is a potent emotion that influences our decision-making. Each presidential candidate has tried to harness it during the last stretch of the campaign.
What's the worst that could happen after the US election? As ever, "preppers" are ready for the total collapse of society.
What could we do if a real-life zombie disease started to spread?
The world is simply a much scarier and more uncertain place than it was in 1996. How does the new Independence Day film deal with this?
What it's like running away from hordes of zombies in a dilapidated London hospital.
An apocalyptic vision drives the terrorist group.
Do you run wild in Fallout, or vicariously hunt zombies in The Walking Dead? Three philosophers investigate the enduring appeal of the post-apocalypse.
People rate the risks of global threats to humanity surprisingly high. We need to understand the impacts of a loss of faith in notions of material progress and scientific and technological fixes.
A rare super blood moon visible from parts of the Earth this month will delight those people lucky enough to see it. But why has this marvel of the solar system got some people so worried?
We have reached a point where apocalyptic vocabulary litters writing – but the end of the world has always populated paintings, and betrays a lot about contemporary concerns.
What does a century-old sci-fi novel have to do with the Vatican's view of Islamic State?
The second hand of the Doomsday Clock is now only three minutes to midnight. This is the closest to apocalypse we have come since 1984 – the coldest of Cold War years, just a year after Able Archer, the…
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