Is the recent resurgence of zombies driven by a fear of new technology? An online series produced by PBS, known as the Idea Channel, recently ...
Read More »TECH TURNS BOY SCOUTS INTO ZOMBIES
Scouts attending the National Jamboree last weekend in West Virginia had a very special opportunity to learn how disease spreads thanks to the Virginia Bioinformatics ...
Read More »ZOMBIE GRAVES FOUND IN POLAND
While stories of vampire graves are nothing new, a recent discovery in the Polish town of Gliwice may suggest that residents had much more to ...
Read More »ZOMBIES HELP SCIENTISTS STUDY EVACUATIONS
Research scientists from the University of Essex recently collected data on crowd behavior using a zombie-themed video game! The simulation was featured as part of ...
Read More »SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN STUDIES THE LAST OF US
A recent article at the Scientific American takes a close look at the science behind a deadly zombie virus unleashed in the new video game ...
Read More »THE HORROR OF ZOMBIE RATTLESNAKES
Aficionados of classic zombie cinema have witnessed the scene numerous times; the severed limbs of the undead continue to attack even after being severed from ...
Read More »RESEARCH SUGGESTS ZOMBIES DON’T MOAN
Research conducted the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, suggests that zombies may not moan, and it all boils down to the meaning behind a dog’s bark. ...
Read More »ZOMBIE MANEATERS OF INDIA
The Aghori is a cannibalistic Hindu sect believed by some to derive mystical powers from their strange and macabre rituals. They live in cemeteries across ...
Read More »“SCARIEST” DRUG CREATES ZOMBIES
Unlike corpses rising from the grave in George Romero’s classic Night of the Living Dead, Voodoo zombies are created through a mixture of drugging, religious ...
Read More »IN SEARCH OF DEADLY ANCIENT VIRUSES
An old theory has found new life as scientists and researchers revive the fear of deadly ancient viruses. The idea is that a dramatic change ...
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