National Wildlife Federation naturalist David Mizejewski recently published an article (on BoingBoing) in which he examines a little discussed zombie apocalypse topic. Exactly how would ...
Read More »REAL WALKING DEAD OF TANA TORAJA & BRITAIN
Some time ago we published an article about a ceremony in Tana Toraja Regency of South Sulawesi Island, Indonesia, in which the deceased, having died ...
Read More »CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS HEADS TO UNITED STATES
Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recently reported an alarming increase in the number of Chikungunya cases throughout the Caribbean. While ...
Read More »DO ZOMBIE BRAINS HAVE BLOOD FLOW?
Though in a normal human brain all blood flow ceases at death, in zombies this may not be the case. Prevailing hypotheses suggest that the ...
Read More »DON’T SET THAT ZOMBIE ON FIRE!
The 1985 cult classic Return of the Living Dead is remembered best for giving us the first zombies ever to say “brains”, and the first ...
Read More »ZRS BOARD MEMBER TALKS ‘THE UNDEAD BRAIN’
The following interview with Bradley Voytek was conducted by UCSD on Apr. 22nd. UC San Diego has made a killer hire — zombie expert Bradley ...
Read More »WHAT HAPPENS IF ZOMBIES DON’T BLINK?
What happens if a zombie doesn’t blink? To answer this question we asked Lylas Mogk, MD, ophthalmologist and leader in the field of low vision. ...
Read More »WILL CLIMATE CHANGE START THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE?
An avid ZRS reader recently posited an interesting idea of his own regarding the possible connection between an inevitable zombie apocalypse and global climate change. ...
Read More »SCIENTISTS EXPLAIN ZOMBIE PLANTS
What would you call a plant that appears alive, is in fact dead, but exhibits enough living behavior to attract an insect which will carry ...
Read More »SCIENTISTS UNLOCK SECRETS OF ZOMBIE COCKROACHES
Israeli scientists have recently discovered how a jewel wasp’s sting controls the mind of a cockroach, opening the door to understanding the neurobiology of free ...
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