Zombie fans may be familiar with the memorable scenes of World War Z in which survivors are herded inside the walls of Jerusalem by soldiers, ...
Read More »APHASIA AND THE UNDEAD: CAN ZOMBIES READ?
Obviously no one expects to find a zombie reading the latest New York Times bestseller. Even the most voracious reader will lose their appetite for ...
Read More »SENESCENT CELLS AND THE ZOMBIE BRAIN
Research recently published by the scientific journal Cell Metabolism suggests that cellular senescence can drive anxiety and impair neurogenesis. Put simply; they’ve discovered that dead ...
Read More »COULD WATER BREATHING ZOMBIES EXIST?
One of the most striking images from George A. Romero’s zombie classic Land of the Dead is when an army of the dead slowly rise ...
Read More »THE HYSTERICAL STRENGTH OF THE UNDEAD
The living dead are often depicted as ravenous, bloodthirsty monsters capable of almost superhuman feats of violence. They bite through bone and rip their victims ...
Read More »AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH OR BIOLOGICAL WEAPON?
While fans of Resident Evil or The Last of Us may be quite familiar with the concept of zombie plants, the idea of an agricultural ...
Read More »ZOMBIE HUNGER AND HYPERPHAGIA
The Zombie Research Society defines the modern zombie as a relentlessly aggressive human corpse reanimated by a biological infection. However, this concept seems to ignore ...
Read More »CAN ZOMBIES HUNT HUMAN BRAINWAVES?
The human brain is an electrochemical organ capable of generating as much as ten watts of electrical power via neural oscillation, commonly known as brainwaves. ...
Read More »SELF-PROPELLED INFECTIOUS ZOMBIE BLOOD
It’s generally assumed that a zombie infection is transmitted via blood as the result of a bite. But delivering anything into damaged tissue, even medicine, ...
Read More »NEW STUDY OFFERS CURE FOR ZOMBIE AGGRESSION
Our ongoing search for answers regarding the relentlessly aggressive nature of the undead have focused on everything from primal psychology to postmortem addiction. But a ...
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