End of the world LIVE: Doomsday prediction says all of it involves an finish on Friday 13, 2026
End of the world as we snow it
This is how we told it in the Daily Star today. Freezing weather hit Britain today – on the date that boffins predicted the world would end.
Today – Friday the 13th – sees the first cold-health alert of the winter season as the mercury plummets with flurries of the white stuff predicted over the next few days.
But it could have been much worse after scientists in the 1960s wrote a paper with the sobering title: “Doomsday: Friday, 13 November, AD 2026.”
Drawing on population estimates from about 400BC until 1958, the authors “came up with an equation that best described” the end of the world.
They said “at some point” in 2026, their equations “ceased to give meaningful results because the predicted population shot towards infinity”.
In reality, Brits will have to deal with the first cold snap of the season, rather than the apocalypse.
The UK Health Security Agency issued a yellow cold-health alert for the North West and West Midlands until noon on Saturday, as overnight temperatures were expected to drop to -6C in some areas.
Harsh frost is expected over the next few days while parts of northern Scotland could see some snow.
Met Office spokesman Stephen Dixon said: “The UK is heading towards what will feel like the first cold spell in late autumn.”
Today – Friday the 13th – sees the first cold-health alert of the winter season as the mercury plummets with flurries of the white stuff predicted over the next few days.
But it could have been much worse after scientists in the 1960s wrote a paper with the sobering title: “Doomsday: Friday, 13 November, AD 2026.”
Drawing on population estimates from about 400BC until 1958, the authors “came up with an equation that best described” the end of the world.
They said “at some point” in 2026, their equations “ceased to give meaningful results because the predicted population shot towards infinity”.
In reality, Brits will have to deal with the first cold snap of the season, rather than the apocalypse.
The UK Health Security Agency issued a yellow cold-health alert for the North West and West Midlands until noon on Saturday, as overnight temperatures were expected to drop to -6C in some areas.
Harsh frost is expected over the next few days while parts of northern Scotland could see some snow.
Met Office spokesman Stephen Dixon said: “The UK is heading towards what will feel like the first cold spell in late autumn.”
