The fascination with the end of the world

Check out this cool article on the bbc. People are worried that a particle-physics experiment about to go online at CERN will create mini black holes that will swallow the Earth. The same article goes on to present a list of popular end-of-world concepts, which includes

• Destruction of planet, extinction of human race, significant change in situation of human race
• Secular scenarios:climate change, asteroid or comet strike, nuclear war, destabilization of earth or moon orbit
• Religious scenarios: Islam refers to "last judgement", some Buddhists believe in disappearance of Buddha's teachings, Christian end of world linked to second coming of Jesus, Hindus believe in cycle of ages
  Zoroastrians may have had first codified end of world theory.

It'll be interesting to see whether or not our novel will follow one of these popular scenarios.