In my wanderings across the news, horror, feeds and depths of the Internets for all things zombie, there’s one thing I forgot: Tabloids. As Tommy Lee Jones said in MIB, they are the “Best investigative reporting on the planet. But go ahead, read the New York Times if you want. They get lucky sometimes.” The [...]
Archive for the ‘Science’ Category
PSE Tac 15 Crossbow for Accurate Headshots, Evading Gun Control
Jun
25
There are no more bullets. All rounds have been fired into head upon head of relentless zombie, including those from your plentiful .22; not like it mattered — the darn reports drew every curious Deadite and the occasional rabbit from miles around. What else to do? Your trusty AR-15 is now your trusty bayonet holder [...]
Toxoplasma Parasite: Hideous bug lives inside, tries to kill you.
Jan
14
Parasites, virii, bacteria, evil alien brain worms. These things can all potentially live inside you and destroy you from the inside out. I’ve written about Toxoplasma before. It’s a parasite that decreases fear in rats, causing them to be eaten by cats. Pregnant women must avoid cats and undercooked meat, as Toxoplasmosis can cause sexual [...]
Latest Pentagon Project: Zombie Pigs
Dec
29
Here’s some science of the new decade for you: how about draining pigs of their blood, making them clinically dead, and then bringing them back to life? Naturally, this is a military project, and those always end well. The theory goes, if you drain a pig (which has a physiology similar to humans) of blood [...]
Class 3 Outbreak: Interactive Zombie Attack Simulator
Dec
09
Class 3 Outbreak is a Flash and Google Maps based zombie apocalypse simulator produced by Binary Space. It’s about damn time someone made something like this. Scientists take note: such a tool will be useful in analyzing statistics such as population, area, civil defense and zombie offensive structure. Variables such as police, citizens, zombies, speed [...]
