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VENTRELL: Indeed, it's definitely December 21st and some of us are still here. (Laughter.) QUESTION: Those of us who are left behind, so to speak. Just on this Russian adoption bill, I mean, frequently in the Russian press and elsewhere it's described

Twin Falls, Idaho (KMVT-TV) December 21, 2012 has come and gone and we're all still here. A local anthropology professor says the people concerned about the end of the world happening early this week took the Mayan Long Count calendar out of context.

Astrophoto for December 21, 2012: Stars over the Temple of Quetzalcoatl. by Nancy Atkinson on December 21, 2012. Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter. Templo de la Serpiente Emplumada / Temple of Quetzalcoatl.

Astrophoto for December 21, 2012: Stars over the Temple of Quetzalcoatl. by Nancy Atkinson on December 21, 2012. Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter. Templo de la Serpiente Emplumada / Temple of Quetzalcoatl.

1, 2000, would mark the apocalypse, then changed his prediction to 2006. All those doomsdays passed without incident. But the prediction that the world will end on Dec. 21, 2012, has deeper roots and has taken on a particular fascination within our