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2010 Zombie Safe House Competition

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010


Voting is still open for the 2010 Zombie Safe House Competition.  Choose between the 40 Day Z POD, the SS Huckleberry, Mountain Getaway, and Sears Roebuck 003-b.  I am personally rooting for the SS Huckleberry because “Mobility = Security”.

[2010 Zombie Safe House Competition via io9]

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Airborne Rabies Would Create Zombie “Rage Virus”

Friday, October 29th, 2010
According to the upcoming National Geographic documentary The Truth Behind Zombies, we may be a few mutations or lab experiments away from a full scale zombie apocalypse. If the rabies virus, which can cause violently mad behaviour, was combined with the ability of the flu virus to spread quickly through the air, it might be the right combination for our very own disaster.
“All rabies has to do is go airborne, and you have the rage virus” like in 28 Days Later, Max Mogk, head of the Zombie Research Society, says in the documentary.

While it is not possible for two completely different viruses to hybridize naturally, the possibility exists that they could be genetically modified and combined in a lab. Also, Zombie Research Society!

[National Geographic]

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Zombie Outbreak & Infection: A Mathematical Study

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

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I am not nearly smart enough to take all of this in, but many of your surely are. Several math wizards finally broke down the hard numbers on a zombie outbreak. How fast would it spread? When is it statistically hopeless for survivors? At what rate and frequency do we need to merc zombies to have any chance?

Numbers! Zombies! Read it all AFTER THE JUMP!

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