Who says the news is dull?

[derall]

To be fair, it was a serious report, I heard about it on Today, I think it was a study of epidemiology, using 'zombies' as a proxy for a fast spreading infection, looking at speed of spread and issues of dormancy and re-eruption.

I was just reading that paper a couple of days ago.

Seriously.

(There's also the related paper - Does garlic protect against vampires? An experimental study )