Last Days on Earth

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The Last Days on Earth is a 20/20 science fiction special which aired on ABC^[1] 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, Stephen Hawking and Kevin Warwick. In 2007 it received an Emmy nomination^[2] for its graphic and artistic design.

[edit] 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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