We recently discussed Typhoid Mary and the danger that asymptomatic carriers could pose during the inevitable zombie plague. In the earliest phase of any outbreak ...
Read More »VIRUSES CAN NOW INFECT OTHER VIRUSES
While researching the inevitable zombie apocalypse, our team has studied everything from parasites and chemical weapons to deadly diseases and viruses. We followup on every ...
Read More »TRACKING A DEADLY VIRAL DISEASE VIA CHICKEN
Recent reports have tracked a deadly viral brain disease all the way from Canada to Florida via chickens. Epidemiological analysis has shown that an outbreak ...
Read More »THE ROTTING STENCH OF THE UNDEAD
Perhaps no scent is more disgusting or revolting than death. Our bodies begin to decompose almost immediately after dying, and can start to smell within ...
Read More »NEW TOOL CAN DETECT ANY HUMAN VIRUS
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 »OUR BEST HOPE: THE REVERSE ZOMBIE TICK
Reports of tick-borne meat allergies are on the rise this summer as a plague of rare, bloodsucking parasites continue to spread across the southern United ...
Read More »BOOK REVIEW: LIVING WITH THE LIVING DEAD
Soon after zombies began to dominate the cultural landscape, hundreds of authors, artists, and philosophers quickly rushed forward to explain the significance of the genre. ...
Read More »ZOMBIE DEER & CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE
Between 1986 and 1998, more than 180,000 cattle in the United Kingdom were infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy; otherwise known as mad cow disease. Despite ...
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