For many of us, The Flintstones were our go-to source of facts and information about the Stone Age. But could it be that this beloved cartoon classic isn’t an accurate depiction of the Stone Age at all? Could it, in fact, be set in a post-apocalyptic future wasteland that’s been “bombed back to the Stone Age” for real? Let’s investigate.
Archaeologists working at the site of La Corona in Guatemala have discovered a 1,300 year-old year-old Maya text that provides only the second known reference to the so-called “end date” for the Maya calendar on December 21, 2012. The discovery, one of the most significant hieroglyphic find in decades, was announced today at the National Palace in Guatemala.
When you watch a scary movie, it’s easy to console yourself by simply recalling that “it’s only a movie.” The same can’t be said of these news stories that are terrifying enough to become horror movie plots. Take, for example, the cell phone stalker.
We thought it would be interesting to revisit Carl Sagan’s great question: “What does it mean for a civilization to be a million years old? We have had radio telescopes and spaceships for a few decades; our technical civilization is a few hundred years old … an advanced civilization millions of years old is as much beyond us as we are beyond a bushbaby or a macaque.”
We are now living in the Anthropocene: humans are the main driver of planetary change. We’re pushing global temperatures, land and water use beyond anything our species has experienced before. We’re polluting the biosphere, acidifying the oceans, and reducing biodiversity. At the same time, our global population will grow from seven billion to nine billion by 2050, and all will need food, water and clean air. –CONTINUED–
CONSPIRAPORN! 