Last Days on Earth

Last Days on Earth

The "Last Days on Earth" is a "20/20" science fiction special which aired on ABC [ [http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=2319986 Last Days on Earth] 20/20, ABC News, 2006-08-31] in August 2006 and has been aired on The History Channel.

The show counts down the seven most likely ways in which the world could end, including gamma ray bursts, machine rule, asteroids, super volcanoes, nuclear war, pandemic flu, and 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 [ [http://www.emmyonline.org/mediacenter/_txt/news_28th_nominees_all.txt Nominees for the News & Documentary Emmy Awards in 32 Categories Announced by NATAS] Media Center, National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences] for its graphic and artistic design.

The Disasters

These are organized from least likely to most likely:

7a.) Death of a Star: Gamma-Ray Burst

7b.) Death of a Star: Black Hole

Number seven was actually two alternate views of what could happen to a star and how it could destroy life on earth.

6.) Intelligent Machines

5.) Supervolcano

4.) Asteroid

3.) Nuclear War

2.) Plague

1.) Climate Change

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