We humans are about to be wiped out in a few decades. The grandchildren of many of us will not live to old age.

Hear it from Frank Fenner, emeritus professor of microbiology at the Australian National University and the man who helped eradicate smallpox.

"Homo sapiens will become extinct, perhaps within 100 years," he told The Australian this week.

Between the BP oil disaster, the looming war in the Middle East, economic collapse, and this, you might as well live it up. To read the rest of the article, click here.