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Day Two in San Cristobal de las Casas: Surprise! The weather is excellent and it is December the 14th and we're only at 7000 feet.

The audience wasn't large, but most of the chairs were filled Sunday afternoon for Minister Gabree Amlak's discussion on the coming of 2012.

Wireless brain-computer interfaces help produce speech Experts at the Boston University have developed the first completely wireless brain-computer interface.

You say you're losing sleep over that rampant prediction that the world is going to undergo catastrophic events in December, 2012? Relax.

We're witnessing an almost hysterical movement in societies all over the planet to prepare for doomsday on Dec.

DOWNLOAD: "Much Ado about Nothing: 2012 and the Maya" [MP3] 0 After the apocalyptic letdown that was Y2K, we should know better than to fall for yet another Nostradamus-esque doomsday rumor.

We'd better hurry, the rainy season begins at two," said Arturo, my Guatemalan guide.

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We are experiencing what some want to label as global warming. The climate of this planet is changing constantly because of where we are in time and in this 'phase' in our rotational cycle.

Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. - Robert Frost I have seen the future and it is really loud.

These theories explore interesting opinions on what COULD happen around December 21, 2012.

Indigenous to the Americas, the wild turkey is a majestic, fast running bird more of interest to bird watchers and hunters than butchers.

I can barely wait to see the end of the world. How about you? If you've seen any of the movie trailers for 2012 - depicting the latest Armageddon - it looks rather exciting.

"It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine." Unless you've been hiding in a fallout shelter for the past few weeks, you've seen the ads for "2012," an apocalyptic movie about how the world ends.

Maya murals found on the Yucatan peninsula, about 1,300 years old, bear images of commoners handling maize, clay vessels, and salt, rather than images of royalty and mystical animals.

Each of us must face the apocalypse on our own terms. Personally, I'm heading for the hills, to the heavily fortified Scheide Family Compound, but if last week's box-office numbers are any indication, this holiday season, millions of Americans will usher in the end of days at the movies.

Hand in hand, my daughter and I started climbing and counting steps...118, 119, and finally, 120.

JOHN CUSACK MIGHT SURVIVE the end of the world in the new movie "2012," but if you want the real story of unlocking the Mayan calendar, experience Chabot's new digital full-dome show "Tales of the Maya Skies." Produced by Chabot Space and Science Center, the show explores the cosmology of the ancient Maya, their culture and contributions to ...

Just like any other audience worldwide, I was stunned by the jaw-breaking visual impact how Los Angeles turns to ashes in the hands of Hollywood's disaster genius Roland Emmerich in his $200-million apocalyptic production 2012 released over the weekend.

21 of that year. The date corresponds loosely to information gleaned from the writings of ancient Mayan culture, when the "Long-Count Calendar" of 5,126 days turns over and the result is - what, exactly? This has triggered a flood of books, TV specials, Web sites and, in some circles, panic.