Is the end of the world near?
One of the theories is based on a purported ancient Mayan prediction and fanned by the several marketing machines behind “end-of-the-world” movies, books, articles and documentaries, the world will end on 2012 - December 21, 2012 to be exact.
But could humankind really meet its end in 2012—drowned in apocalyptic floods, walloped by a secret planet, seared by an angry sun, or thrown overboard by speeding continents?
At least one aspect of the 2012, end-of-the-world hype is, for some people, all too real: the fear.
