SAN FRANCISCO — For generations, the Maya thrived in an advanced, complex civilization in modern-day Central America. But then their society collapsed in the eighth and ninth centuries. Now, a new ...

Survival is no joke for disaster preparedness companies. Dec. 20, 2012 — -- While many people are paying little attention to the Mayan prediction of the end of the world on Friday, businesses ...

Facing the purported Dec. 21 Mayan Apocalypse head on, a number of dining and drinking establishments are enticing customers to eat and drink with them like there's no tomorrow. Friday, Dec. 21, is ...

The world is ending right now! Unless you believe the Mayans were operating on Daylight Savings Time, in which case the clock is ticking on both Earth's final hours and the race for the stupidest near ...

If you want to see a roomful of people roll their eyes, just walk into a gathering of astronomers — or experts on ancient Mesoamerican civilizations, for that matter — and shout, “Mayan apocalypse!” ...

Chinese hysteria about the Mayan apocalypse has gotten so bad the U.N. has take to social media to deny rumors that it’s distributing tickets for a doomsday ark. The tickets are widely available on ...

A Chinese man is in the process of building an ark to escape the Mayan apocalypse he believes is coming. Lu Zhenghai, from northwest China, has already spent $160,000 (£100,000) on the Noah-like ark.

Misguided interpretations of the ancient Mayan calendar have led to rumors of the world ending tomorrow, Friday, Dec. 21. Some doomsayers believe a rogue planet will crash into Earth, or that a solar ...

Fears that the end of the world is nigh have spread across the world with only days until the end of the Mayan calendar, with doomsday-mongers predicting a cataclysmic end to the history of Earth.

As much as it petrifies us to write this sentence, the Mayan apocalypse is slated to destroy the universe on December 21. Bummer? Definitely. Why not drink away your fears with a Mezcal cocktail ...

We’ve cancelled the Mayan Apocalypse! Again: We’ve cancelled the Mayan apocalypse!The world will not end on December 21st of this year. After guaranteeing full refunds to those who attend Fablescon if ...