3-D Printing and the Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
With all of this international talk of sanctions and invasions and “decapitation strikes,” the aspiring and enterprising thermonuclear monarch might ask oneself, “Why not just 3-D print a bomb?”
Scraps
The Thundering Doom of Eagle Twin
The blues-rock-tarnished doom metal of Eagle Twin takes the form of pagan cosmology.
The Serpent is Eating Itself: Art, Capital Economies, and Cannibalism
A controversial piece of performance art from Latvia critiques, quite literally, the “cannibalism” of the capitalistic economy.
Generation Why
New reporting about the retirement savings habits of young people has exposed an apocalyptic sentiment among left-leaning Millenials.
Break the Bank: The Doomsday Vault Meets Global Warming
In order protect the seeds of Estonian onion potatoes, black-eyed peas, and Bambara groundnuts from global warming, Norway’s “Doomsday Vault” will need some expensive defensive improvements . . . against global warming.
Cape Town Braces for Day Zero
Despite an exemplary record in local water conservation and water-table management, the city of Cape Town is scheduled to run out of water sometime this summer. The locals are calling it “Day Zero.”
Extralife: A Long Way from the Best of the Best of Times
On Extralife, Darlingside casts the apocalypse in harmonious acapella Americana tones, like a version of Simon & Garfunkel for the day after doomsday.
The Answer to Thermouclear Monarchy is Regicide
In the United States, the final and decisive authority to launch a nuclear strike falls to one person: the sitting President. This aspect of the American military system has been critically dubbed “thermonuclear monarchy.”
Dark Kitchen of the Soul
Food is one of the first things that we think about in the morning. So, it’s a given that we’ll have strong feelings about our relationship to food during the collapse of human civilization.
Ten Billion And/Or Bust
What happens when the “population bomb” detonates in a land of middle-class suburbs? The jury is out in the ongoing debate between “wizards” and “prophets.”