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 »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 »TRANSHUMANISM AND THE LIVING DEAD
The Zombie Research Society defines the modern zombie in strictly biological terms; a relentlessly aggressive human corpse reanimated by a biological infection. However, we often ...
Read More »THIS IS THE WORST SPOT FOR A ZOMBIE BITE
We’ve all heard the myth that a dog’s mouth is actually much cleaner than that of a human. But a bite from either one can ...
Read More »FLESH-EATING DISEASE RAISES ALARM IN AUSTRALIA
A thirteen year-old Australian girl is leading the call for more government-funded research into the spread of a horrible flesh-eating disease after a painful infection ...
Read More »GANGRENE, LEPROSY AND ZOMBIE DECAY
Decay theory is perhaps the most popular topic of zombie research. However, the majority of our observations and assumptions come from the study of cadavers, ...
Read More »WHY ZOMBIES MAY HAVE NO MEMORY
Almost as controversial as the fast vs. slow zombie debate is whether the undead retain any memory of their former lives. From Day of the ...
Read More »PARASITIC CASTRATION & ZOMBIE CRABS
From hairworms to cordyceps, the Zombie Research Society has studied a number of terrifying and deadly parasites. But a PhD student at the University of ...
Read More »MYSTERY ILLNESS FORCES FLIGHT BACK TO LONDON
In a move perfectly made for Flight of the Living Dead, an international flight from Heathrow to Los Angeles was forced to turn back just ...
Read More »ZIKA VIRUS ADAPTS ITSELF FOR THE USA
Reports of the Zika virus have been widespread recently, prompting officials to declare an international public health emergency. Until recently, both the Centers for Disease ...
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