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See doomsday's possible approach, streamed live

Now I don't want anyone to panic, but on Thursday, for the first time in two years, famous scienticians from the board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will move the minute hand of the Doomsday Clock, which is perhaps the most bad-ass-named fake clock in the world after the "Timex of Space and Time" (which I just made up).

Nobody knows if the hand will move closer to the figurative midnight (which, apparently, causes all-out nuclear war or something equally destructive) or farther away (which I believe causes extinct species to come back to life). … Read more

Don't panic

The movie trailer for "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" has shown up online, in a featured spot on Amazon.com.

The film, set to debut April 29, is based on the popular books and radio show created by the late Douglas Adams.

The saga has long been popular among techies. It spawned an early text-based computer game, and even a Web version of the eponymous encyclopedia.

The tradition has continued, with filmmakers writing a blog about the making of the movie, which stars Martin Freeman, Mos Def, Sam Rockwell, Zooey Deschanel, and Bill Nighy.