The Y2K panic was one of the strangest global freak-outs in modern history — a moment when the entire world braced for a technological apocalypse that never came. As the clock ticked toward midnight ...

What's the final word about Y2K? We were told this was a serious problem, and that huge dollars and man-hours were needed to head off trouble. Why didn't the sky fall, as predicted? Were the dollars ...

At different times in history, the world was gripped by fears that felt too big to ignore. Some were real threats, others were fueled by rumors or things people didn’t fully understand. But one thing ...