Category Archives: Sickness

Rabies, Flu, Ebola: National Geographic Investigates Zombies

Oct
04

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Zombies, as well as the cinema fanbases, are split into two kingdoms: The George Romero Zombie and the Danny Boyle Zombie. The Romero Zombie is the reanimated, once alive and now dead walking corpse. The Boyle Zombie is the rage … Continue Reading ->

Mass Animal Deaths Strange and Unsettling

Jan
08

Is your gas mask ready? Are you susceptible to loud noises or outgorwing your food supply? You may end up like one of millions of animals falling from the sky, dropping dead or washing ashore.

It’s strange that it seems … Continue Reading ->

Zombie Outbreaks Always Start with “Man Bites” Headlines

Nov
15

It always starts small, and unnoticed, ignored by many and only glanced over by a few. The result is usually the same: thousands dead, bitten, rotting in the sewers. The news is just chomping at the bit with potential zombie … Continue Reading ->

Tabloid Journalism Informs the Masses of Zombies

Aug
04

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 … Continue Reading ->

Latest Pentagon Project: Zombie Pigs

Dec
29

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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 … Continue Reading ->

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