Collaborate Disseminate
Hijacking the body of a convenient host is nothing new in the opportunistic world of parasitism. Nor are zombie ants, thanks to the fittingly named zombie-ant fungus (Ophiocordyceps unilateralis), which has even claimed top prize in photography competi… Continue reading Parasite turns hapless ants into zombies at sunrise and sunset
The animal kingdom is home to all kinds of stories – adventures, romance, tragedy, and as it turns out, even horror stories. Scientists at Brown University have now uncovered a creepy new zombie story involving worms that propagate by hack their shrimp… Continue reading “Zombie shrimp”: How parasites hack host genes to do their bidding
They’re not always beautiful, but the wonders of the natural world provide a rich pool of material for researchers to flex their hands with the more creative side of scientific fieldwork.Continue ReadingCategory: Photography, TechnologyTags: Evolution,… Continue reading Zombie-ant fungi and hadrosaur bubs: The 2023 image competition winners
Suppose you were looking for all the essential elements to make a great Halloween-themed shooting game. Zombies? Check. Giant “lasers”? Check. Crossbows shooting forks? We’ve got you covered. Check out …read more Continue reading Halloween Game Lets You Shoot Zombies With a Laser-Powered Crossbow
O, what tangled code we weave, when first we practise to deceive! Continue reading RATicate malware gang goes commercial
The past several years have seen some botnets large enough to take down major data centers. The problem can be tied to poor security on IoT endpoints, which are making their way into the corporate world en masse. You need to be cognizant of that becau… Continue reading How to Tell if Your Devices are Part of a Botnet
Zombies, for the most part, remain fictional and are yet to trouble human communities. Despite the many real world calamities we face, the zombie concept remains a compelling one and the subject of many books, films, and video games. [CNLohr] was at MagStock Eight when he met [Aaron], who has developed a real world game in this vein. (YouTube, embedded below.)
[Aaron]’s game goes by the name of SpyTag, and is played by a group of people who each have a small device affixed to their wrist. Two players start off as zombies, and the rest are humans. The zombies …read more
What, you think there’s enough room on Earth for everyone who has ever lived? No way, we need a spaceship stat. Continue reading How Dreams of Spacefaring Zombies Led to the Launch of Sputnik
What, you think there’s enough room on Earth for everyone who has ever lived? No way, we need a spaceship stat. Continue reading How Dreams of Spacefaring Zombies Led to the Launch of Sputnik
Was that the wind? Or something much, much worse? Continue reading The Scariest Thing in ‘Resident Evil 7’ Is the Silence