Armageddon

Science

Scientists Planning Real-Life Armageddon Mission

11:10PM August 17, 2011 | Casey Chan

In the classic masterpiece, Armageddon, by auteur Michael Bay, Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck were epically sent into space to blow up an asteroid headed straight for Earth. Now in real life, scientists want to try and do the same thing. More »


Gadgets

Nuclear Slide Rules: The Old Fashioned Way To Calculate Armageddon

4:30AM December 17, 2008 | Sean Fallon

In an age when nukes existed but pocket calculators did not, the potential damage of a nuclear strike could be quantified using cardboard slide rules like this one.

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Gadgets

Amish Farmers Fight Government to Battle Bovine Mark of the Beast

8:40AM September 13, 2008 | Matt Buchanan

Generally, the government doesn’t meddle too much in Amish affairs—it doesn’t make them educate children after the eighth grade, for instance, ’cause of the First Amendment and all that. So it’s kind of surprising to see many Amish threaten to quit farming in a battle with the government over lojacking their livestock with the Mark of the Beast.

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