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Science television programme

The Last Days on Earth is a 20/20 science special which aired on ABC in August 2006 and has been aired on The History Channel.

The show counts down the seven most likely ways in which human life could end, including gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), black holes, AI takeover, supervolcanoes, asteroids, nuclear warfare (atomic warfare), plague, and climate change (global warming). It includes input from a number of scientists including Michio Kaku, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Stephen Hawking and Kevin Warwick. In 2007 it received an Emmy nomination for its graphic and artistic design.

Disaster scenarios

These are organized from least likely to most likely:

  1. Death of a star
    1. Gamma-ray burst
    2. Black hole
  2. AI takeover (Singularitarianism)
  3. Supervolcano
  4. Asteroid (Impact event)
  5. Nuclear warfare
  6. Pandemic (Influenza)
  7. Climate variability and change (Climate change)

See also

References

  1. Last Days on Earth 20/20, ABC News, 2006-08-31
  2. Last days on earth part II? Archived 2013-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Leadercall Archived 2013-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Moon, Troy (2009-01-05). "End of the world still a big seller". Pensacola News Journal. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  5. Nominees for the News & Documentary Emmy Awards in 32 Categories Announced by NATAS Archived 2007-12-02 at the Wayback Machine Media Center, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

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