Rapture index hits new highs

If you are feeling a bit down after a long week,it's probably est if you don't read the Indy this morning which reports that a new index shows imminent Armageddon is a cause for worry.

The little-known measure of current affairs known as the Rapture Index monitors the frequency and intensity of the end-time signs mentioned in the Bible and says the paper has been at an all-time high. In August it hit an unprecedented 184.

Can Gordon save the earth?

I wonder whether this will make the paper's tomorrow.

The New Scientist is reporting that

an asteroid that had initially been deemed harmless has turned out to have a slim chance of hitting Earth in 160 years.

As the article points out

new calculations show a 1 in 1400 chance that it will strike Earth between 2169 and 2199, with an estimated diameter of 560 metres, 1999 RQ36 is more than twice the size of the better-known asteroid Apophis, which has a 1 in 45,000 chance of hitting Earth in 2036 . Both are large enough to unleash devastating tsunamis if they were to smash into the ocean.

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