NASA said it has been flooded with calls and emails from people asking about the purported end of the world -- which, as the doomsday myth goes, is apparently set to take place Friday, Dec. 21. And the space agency has one simple response: "The world will not end in 2012."
Join Times reporter Kate Mather will join L.A. Now Live at 9 a.m. to discuss NASA's efforts to debunk the myth.
The myth might have originated with the Maya calendar, but in the age of the Internet and social media, it proliferated online, raising questions and concerns among hundreds of people around the world who have turned to NASA for answers. Read more
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