RESEARCH NOTES

ZRS contributor, Annie Herndon, argues that once infected with the zombie sickness, your own immune system may act as the final nail in your coffin.  ...

A recent article in LiveScience Magazine points out that mass extinctions of species throughout history have served as global reset buttons, allowing the earth to ...

The upside of swine flu is that although it’s highly contagious, it weakens as it spreads.  The upside of bird flu is although it’s very ...

In a recent joint study by Boston University and Harvard University, researchers found that drug resistant bacteria, called “supermutants”, are able to protect weaker members ...

The humor website, Cracked.com, recently published 7 Scientific Reasons A Zombie Outbreak Would Fail.  Though entertaining, the information therein is so grossly misguided that it ...

Science News reports that a new invention can find buried corpses at a good distance, and even through thick layers of construction material.  The method ...

We’ve previously noted that the first sign of an undead threat will destroy the modern supply chain.  Everything from bananas to bottled water will vanish ...

It’s always been thought that linking networks together spreads risk over a greater area, thereby making each individual part of the structure less likely to ...

Skeptics often point to the widely held belief that zombies don’t breathe as proof of their impossibility.  They note that in all of human history, ...

Researchers at the National Academy of Sciences have recently discovered a dangerous new trend in the evolution of the flu virus.  By creating a hybrid ...