SCIENCE!

The Andromeda Strain – Scientists in India have discovered three new species of bacteria, living in the Earth’s stratosphere. These pesky little bugs are boldly going where no bacteria has gone before, partly because of the fact that they are UV-resistant.

This doesn’t bode well for the human race – UV light is one of the weapons we use to sterilize after working with dangerous germs, because it breaks the little buggers up. Not so much with these guys, which is why they were able to live so high up in the atmosphere.

Even worse, some researchers are openly asking whether these particular germs are ‘not from around here.’ An alien virus that is nearly impossible to kill? I’ve heard this before. Let’s just hope A&E doesn’t make a bad remake of this blog post in 25 years.

It’s important to note that some think the virus ‘probably’ isn’t alien at all. Yes, but then, the world ‘probably’ won’t end in a massive flood. I still keep a collapsible raft on me at all times. It’s call being prepared.

Speaking of prepared, get out the stakes and garlic, because we’ve also got a bad case of the…

OCCULT

Bite It – A female vampire has been dug up in Italy. The corpse was found with a brick placed in her mouth just prior to burial – the theory being that a forward-thinking priest of gravedigger put the object there to keep her from rising from the dead and feasting on the lifeblood of the living.

Of course, the ‘mainstream’ scientific world isn’t going to admit the conclusive evidence of vampirism. They’re chalking it down to superstition and ancient beliefs about the nature of disease.

“Vampires don’t exist, but studies show people at the time believed they did,” said Matteo Borrini, a forensic archaeologist and anthropologist at Florence University who studied the case over the last two years.

That’s the kind of thinking that gets everyone eaten. Let me guess, since it’s an artifact and not an evil, undead harbinger of doom, you’ve probably got it locked up in a museum warehouse somewhere, right? Guarded by one overweight security guard. Just wait until the first night that a bunch of college kids on a dare break into that museum and BAM! That thing’s going to up and ready to go faster than I am when an air raid siren goes off.

Amateurs.

That’s all for this week’s round-up. Remember, if you see anything signaling our approaching end, you can e-mail me at ApocalypseMD at gmail dot com. Or hey, why not follow me on Twitter? That is, until the machines take over.

Designer Babies: A fertility doctor says that in six months, he’ll be able to offer parents the chance to choose their child’s hair and eye colour. Blue-eyed and blonde one day, next thing you know, Gattaca:

Then it’s a small step to psychotic super soldiers and zombies.

Asteroid: Astronomers say a rock that may be the size of a ten-story building just missed the earth. It cruised by at just under 72,000 km….about a fifth of the distance between us and the moon, says the BBC.
While this one missed us, barely, it just shows the fact that we can’t keep an eye out on everything out there. Any coincidence this comes at the time the US has an inspirational African-American President?

The global economic meltdown and unrest worldwide still make Economic and Political the front runners for the end of the world. But, we’re bumping the threat from SCIENCE! up to an Orange Alert.

Stay alive out there,
 

Doc Apocalypse