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Archaeologists working at the site of La Corona in Guatemala have discovered a 1,300-year-old-year Maya text that provides only the second known reference to the so-called “end date” of the Maya calendar, December 21, 2012. The discovery, one of the most significant hieroglyphic finds in decades, was announced today at the National Palace in Guatemala. Articles about MAYA CALENDAR: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=mayan%20calendar 
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This sure is a nice planet we have here — but we shouldn't get to attached to it. Nothing lasts forever: Not our planet, not our solar system, not even the entire universe.
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Could a small moon-sized battle station generate enough energy to destroy an Earth-sized planet?
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Tales of the apocalypse on Dec.21, 2012 abound — ranging from a mysterious planet that will smash into Earth, to a huge, catastrophic solar storm — but researchers who have examined the science behind the various doomsday theories say there is nothing...
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The world will not end in 2012, despite rumors of an apocalypse predicted by the Mayan calendar or based on a secret planet called Nibiru, a NASA scientist says.
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Earth's biggest mass extinction rolled over the planet like hell on wheels. For the first time, paleontologists have pinned down exactly when and how fast the granddaddy of all mass extinctions took place, and their findings leave the finger of blame pointing squarely at a colossal and long-lived injection of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Sound familiar? That ancient carbon dioxide came not from cars and factories, of course, but from massive volcanic eruptions, brush fires, and possibly even the combustion of coal seams ignited by hot lava.
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University of Kansas anthropologist and Maya scholar John Hoopes and his students are watching predicted doomsday dates such as 11/11/11 and Dec. 21, 2012, with considerable skepticism.
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Ancient Maya reference to 2012 involved politics, not prophecy... “This text talks about ancient political history rather than prophecy,” says excavation codirector Marcello Canuto of Tulane University in New Orleans. “In times of crisis, the ancient Maya used their calendar to promote continuity and stability rather than to predict apocalypse.” More on MAYAN CALENDAR: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=mayan%20calendar
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The nations of the world need to work together to develop a warning and communication system that could mitigate the worst effects of a catastrophic asteroid strike, a new report stresses. Via Panayiotis
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What can apocalyptic fears related to the Mayan calendar tell us about how to live a meaningful life? Commentator Marcelo Gleiser says fear of the end — any end — drives us to leave a meaningful legacy, to do things that will be remembered.
Anthony Lopilato's curator insight,
February 27, 2013 1:48 AM
interesting perspective on life's meaning
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The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is updating its Doomsday Clock on Tuesday to reflect the current state of world security.
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The last New Year's Day in human history has come. You may not believe it, but millions do. They are convinced that ancient Maya priests calculated December 21, 2012, as the end of the world. The only problem is, the ancient Maya predicted no such thing.
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Archaeologists in Mexico have confirmed the discovery of a possible second
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University of Kansas anthropologist and Maya scholar John Hoopes and his students are watching predicted doomsday dates such as 11/11/11 and Dec. 21, 2012, with considerable skepticism.
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