What are some humorous descriptions/job titles/uses for otherwise "useless" people during the zombie apocalypse, end of the world, WWIII, etc.?
posted on Feb 26, 2008 - 26 answers

CarbonationFilter! How long would it take for an unopened can of soda pop to go flat? Would it ever? [more inside]
posted on Feb 14, 2008 - 25 answers

Help me find the perfect gift for a zombie enthusiast. [more inside]
posted on Dec 18, 2007 - 29 answers

I'm looking for a few pieces of art I saw on the net a couple years ago. They were individual pieces of the four horsemen of the apocalypse, and by a relatively modern artist with a name like Durand, Dorand, or something like that. Ring a bell? [more inside]
posted on Nov 8, 2007 - 7 answers

I'm looking for a program (in NYC, ideally) that will help me survive the coming apocalypse. [more inside]
posted on Oct 11, 2007 - 37 answers

Would the internet survive Armageddon? [more inside]
posted on Jul 1, 2007 - 37 answers

I'm looking for a dynamic map (of the USA, or of the world) that will graphically display various trends relating to climate change and the effects of global warming in the next century. [more inside]
posted on May 21, 2007 - 7 answers

ChildhoodMemoryFilter... I keep remembering a Laserdisc movie from way back that included a library, the dewey decimal system, and a force field... [more inside]
posted on Feb 5, 2007 - 12 answers

Who holds copyright to Hearts of Darkness^, and why did they block inclusion of the documentary in the recently-released Apocalypse Now: The Complete Dossier DVD set?
posted on Dec 23, 2006 - 10 answers

Where should I move in order to maximize my chances of surviving the apocalypse? [more inside]
posted on Sep 6, 2006 - 37 answers

Songs about the end times: tell me about songs whose lyrics give a sense, either overt or oblique, of the world ending, civilization collapsing, etc. [more inside]
posted on Aug 11, 2006 - 100 answers

Help me remember this novel where all the adults die, leaving children to run the world. [more inside]
posted on Jun 30, 2006 - 19 answers

That fateful day is almost upon us! 6-06-06! Will fire rain down upon us from the heavens, or will the avian flu start spreading like a bad case of the Da Vinci Code? To celebrate these exciting times, I would like to throw an Apocalypse-themed party where we party like it's 1666! But I need some suggestions. [more inside]
posted on May 25, 2006 - 39 answers

Where did I read the claim that organized society as we know it here in the US could fall apart in as little as 72 hours? [more inside]
posted on May 8, 2006 - 21 answers

Is there a name for a morbid obsession for apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic everything?? [more inside]
posted on Apr 19, 2006 - 19 answers

Imagine the standard post apocalyptic scenario - social order collapses, technology is set back hundreds of years, people are struggling to create something like a livable society again. What skills would make a person especially valuable in a situation like this? Bonus points for things that would be useful in everyday life now. [more inside]
posted on Mar 20, 2006 - 59 answers

Ways to maximize one's chances of survival, or even to regain some mere semblance of pre-disaster developed-world lifestyle, after an apocalyptic event? [more inside]
posted on Mar 7, 2006 - 36 answers

I was listening to WFMU a few years ago and I heard this insane fake news report type thing. A reporter in a helicopter is covering a car crash that slowly builds and builds until it becomes apocalyptic (possibly there's an alien attack). He stays perfectly calm through the whole thing.
posted on Feb 28, 2006 - 7 answers

ReligionEthicsFilter: in all the Apocalypse/Rapture stuff, planes will crash and cars and trains, etc, because the drivers will have been swept up. Doesn't that mean that Christians shouldn't do those things, esp if other people will be harmed as a result? [more inside]
posted on Dec 23, 2005 - 26 answers

I'm looking for a good refutation of "Peak Oil". Articles about the certainty/validity of Peak Oil are not hard to come by, but I have yet to find a decent opposing view. I'm open to the possibility that these claims have basis, but I feel as though my reading on the topic is skewed heavily in favor of it.
posted on Aug 19, 2005 - 48 answers

China is scaring me. Specifically, the possibility that they'll make a play for Taiwan, the US will come to Taiwan's defense, and World War III (IV? V?) will break out. Are there good reasons this is unlikely?
posted on Jul 20, 2005 - 59 answers

Can anyone suggest a title for an end of the world movie? [more inside]
posted on Jul 12, 2005 - 62 answers

Another Name That Movie Question - Mid 80s movie about a dentist traveling through a post-apocalyptic wasteland. [more inside]
posted on Jul 11, 2005 - 4 answers

My step-mom (who doesn't normally read sci-fi/fantasy) recently read "The Fifth Sacred Thing" by Starhawk and is looking for more similar books. Specifically she is wanting to read about post-apocalyptic societies. Anyone have any ideas?
posted on May 17, 2005 - 31 answers

Diabolical Brainstorm: what are ways, either real or imagined, that one could erase almost all human life on earth? Don't worry. I'm not actually planning something. I'm curious about compiling a list of ways that humanity could be wiped out. This could be a real-world threat or a science fiction-type threat. [more inside]
posted on Mar 18, 2005 - 32 answers

I would like recommendations for "end of the world" fiction books.
posted on Dec 13, 2004 - 72 answers

SongFilter: Songs/Artists with choral grandeur? Heard often in films at the pending apocalypse, judgement day, climax, etc. Like the one that goes di, di. da, da. di, di. da, da. di di da daaaa da di daaaaaah. :-P
posted on Oct 30, 2004 - 28 answers

Bookfilter: It's the day after the end of the world. What book and or books would you want to be able to rebuild? You know, if you want to be able to hunt, plant crops, make clothes, make tools, etc. How does the well educated gentleman prepare for the Apocalypse, practically? Other than the Foxfire books, what should I buy?
posted on Sep 27, 2004 - 21 answers