AUDIO: Sixty-six years ago, scientists predicted the world would end today - ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Back in 1960, a group of scientists crunched the numbers on human population and landed on a startling prediction for November 13.

Their maths seemed to work for a while, but it also pointed to a very odd way for things to end.

ABC NewsRadio's Sarah Morice spoke to Alan MacEachern, a history professor at Western University in Canada, about the 66-year-old doomsday forecast.