By William Astore / TomDispatchJul 14, 2017
A former Air Force software engineer writes about his time living underground in the Cheyenne Mountain Complex, America’s nuclear command center. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigMar 24, 2015
"It's now 70 years since the end of the most horrific war in history," the renowned intellectual said in a recent talk. "It ended with the use of an ultimate weapon which can bring human history to an end." He added, soberingly: "We've been living under that shadow ever since." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigDec 14, 2012
The space agency is so confident in its prediction that it has already released a video explaining why the world didn't end Dec. 21. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 3, 2012
Sorry, all you Mayan-influenced doomsday enthusiasts, but it's looking to some of the great minds over at NASA as though 2012 isn't going to be particularly apocalypse-friendly as such. Ancient augury versus contemporary astronomy: Who will prevail? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 24, 2011
Here we have a very interesting object lesson on the psychological phenomenon known as rationalization Followers of Family Radio's self-styled prognosticator Harold Camping, who encountered some problems with his theory that the world would end last Saturday -- specifically, in that it didn't end last Saturday -- had to come to terms (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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