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Zombie Apocalypse 2012 Swiftly Approaches

Dec
21

 One year left.

Z-Day. 2012. The Mayan zombie super-apocalypse. Sensational journalism. Paranoid survivalists. Gun nuts. People out having fun. Boy scouts taking their preparedness to the next level. If you can be ready for this, you can be ready for … Continue Reading ->

Rabies, Flu, Ebola: National Geographic Investigates Zombies

Oct
04

CDC Zombie Photo Courtesy Jack_Babalon

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 ->

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 ->

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 … 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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