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It’s (not) the end of the world as we know it

A sketch of stela C from Quirigua, which gives the date of creation as 13.0.0.0.0 By now, you’ve probably heard that on December 21, 2012, just two weeks from today, the ancient Mayan calendar will run...

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It’s (not) the end of the world as we know it, part 2

What will not happen on December 21, 2012. Credit: Don Davis/NASA In my last post, I explained how the end of the Mayan calendar is not a harbinger of the end of the world. However, you’ve probably...

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2012 in review: science, fiction, and other cool stuff

As 2012 draws to a close, people around the world are looking back at everything that happened over the past year. Probably the most memorable story in science was the landing of NASA’s Curiosity...

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