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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Science’
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 and [...]
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 and infection [...]
Zombie Mathematical Model: Slim Chances for Survival
Aug
19
SCIENCE: When the zombies attack, it will lead to the collapse of civilization unless dealt with quickly and aggressively.
How long will civilization have in a zombie attack? A city with a population around 500,000 will have between three and eight days before irreversible catastrophe. This report is based on a well researched, though fictionalized outbreak [...]
Undead or Infected Zombies?
Aug
12
Undead or infected? Horror movie puritanism or scientific reality? Discussion and debate surrounds not which makes a better film, but which is more likely to happen. You can blame science. The zombie outbreak will most likely be the result of some experiment gone wrong, an adaptive virus, or horrible pathogen. Save a giant UFO hiding [...]
