Ancient Black Plague Found in Swedish Gravesite
Long before the two deadliest pandemics in history—the Plague of Justinian and the Black Plague—an ancient strain of…
Here's A First Look Ahead At The Insanity In 12 Monkeys Season Two
The first season of Syfy's 12 Monkeys just ended with a huge insane twist — and now, we have to wait until 2016 until…
Wow, Edward Snowden Is A Total Megadick On 12 Monkeys
We expected craziness, time-looping, wild schemes and plagues on Syfy's 12 Monkeys. But what we never saw coming was…
Even World War III Won't Prevent A Population Bomb, Say Scientists
A new study concludes that strict fertility measures, such as a one-child policy, or even a mass catastrophe like a…
The 10 Types of Fictional Apocalypses (And What They Mean)
The Apocalypse rules pop culture. Half the biggest literary novels these days are apocalyptic, and meanwhile The…
10 Photos Of The Last Human Alive
The population of earth has been destroyed...except for one person. That was the theme of this week's Shooting Challenge
Shooting Challenge: Lone Survivor
A virus has wiped out the population of earth...minus one. You're the last person, living in a world built for…
Plague of bunnies is damaging cars at the Denver International Airport
If you park your car at the Denver International Airport, you run the risk of having it damaged, but not by human…
The places where an epidemic is most likely to start spreading in the United States
When humans travel, diseases travel with them. Events like the 2003 SARS outbreak and 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic have…
12 Big City Scenes, Eerily Devoid of Human Life
What if we all disappeared tomorrow, leaving behind nothing but our stuff? That's what we asked in this week's Shooting…
Novels that Could Help You Prepare for a Future Pandemic
When you think about pants-wettingly terrifying apocalyptic scenarios, the most horrifying might well be the worldwide…
As if worldwide drought wasn't bad enough, our dystopian future also includes a lethal sex virus
James Jaros' new novel Burn Down the Sky offers a disturbing take on the post-global-warming dystopian setting. Our…
The British Plague-Apocalypse Will Not Be Televised
The Survivors aren't. The BBC has canceled its remake of Terry Nation's 1970s classic, in which a plague devastates…
Eleven Visions of Life After the Great Epidemic
Feeling worried about the impending swine flu epidemic? Just to make you feel more panicked, we've put together a list…
The Most Amazing Book Covers from Pre-Golden Age SF
Click to viewSome of the most gorgeous, evocative, and strange science fiction art you've ever seen comes from the…
The 10 Best Apocalypse Novels of Pre-Golden Age SF (1904-33)
With Wall-E director Andrew Stanton working on a film based on Edgar Rice Burroughs's 1917 novel A Princess of Mars,…
Doomsday's Neil Marshall Explains Apocalypses Without Monsters
The Descent was one of our favorite horror movies of recent years, so we were automatically excited about director Neil…
Great Zombies Of Science Fiction
When you think zombies, you think weird magic. But really, a lot of the greatest zombies in movies, TV and books have…
Super-Rabies Turns LA Building Into Death Trap In Quarantined
Plagues are the new monsters. Just look at Quarantined, the movie Screen Gems just green-lighted about a reporter and…