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Story Archives of 'zombies'
When Zombies Attack
By Jeff Young on Thursday, October 29, 2009.
In the event of a zombie infestation, what would you do? Quarantine the zombies, try to develop a cure, or load a shotgun and aim for the head? It’s a conundrum that mathematicians, of all people, are studying in earnest.
An alarming paper in the scientific journal Infectious Disease Modeling Research Progress caught our attention. A team of mathematicians from Canada modeled the potential outbreak of zombies, which they say is likely to be disastrous, unless extremely aggressive tactics are employed.
Living on Earth’s Jeff Young was equally alarmed, so he called up one of the paper’s authors, Philip Munz, to discover what all the panic is about.
(Photo by Mark Lobo via Flickr/Creative Commons)
The Science of Zombies
By Jen Nathan on Tuesday, August 18, 2009.
This just in: a zombie attack could cripple civilization. No, we haven’t been watching Sean of the Dead again. Researchers from the University of Ottawa and Carleton University are seriously considering the implications of a wide-scale zombie infestation. Mathematical models reveal that putting zombies in quarantine won’t keep the undead at bay. Instead, authorities must, “hit them hard and hit them often.”
