A lot of people—some even reportedly contemplating suicide—are “genuinely frightened” the end of the world will arrive in 2012. Experts say books, Web sites, and marketing for 2012, the movie, may be fanning the flames.
Its skin pale and rubbery and its organs swollen with gas, an “alien” discovered in a Panama creek has now been identified by veterinarians as a common three-toed sloth.