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    Anekanta - Go Play!: You spent your grant money researching what?! Still, I guess this could be used to model real-world epidemics more »
    omgwtflolbbqbye: I like Redecker's plan better. more »
    tetracycloide: correction: REkill without mercy. they've already died once after all. more »
    SeeingI: Much as I love his movies, I have always wondered about the realism of Romero's apocalyptic scenarios, just because I wondered, are there really THAT ... more »
    EBone: Is there anything that applied mathematics and statistics CAN"T solve? Of course, I could have summed up their conclusion in two lines: Nuke the site... more »
    GSDaywalker: Thanks for this important piece of information, Lauren. I would have been tempted to go with the title: "Mathmeticians Prove That Violence is Always... more »
    robinrising: Of course, the best way to defeat zombies is to just remember that there are no such things. Or, if you absolutely insist on fighting a non-existent ... more »
    OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear: You mean slowly forcing my body into being able to produce energy using photosynthesis wasn't the only option? Damn. more »
    Log1c: Oh man! Do I have a story for you... I went to an academic presentation about disconnected control systems (sounds awesome right?) but the jist of it... more »
    Xandar: And the study only cost the taxpayers 40 million. more »
    Grey_Area: Oh dear, here we go again... [io9.com] more »
    AngryEddy: So this is another one of those studies that came to the same conclusion that the general public was already well aware of? If zombies start roaming ... more »
    Asen: Good God, didn't any of you see the most recent adaptation of I Am Legend? Curing disease in unusual, even ingenious ways is the surest bet to bring ... more »
    EtrnL_Frost: Oh, great. So instead of a sting and a lollipop, our children get to look forward to a sting and an itchy bump. Awesome. I'm all for it! more »
    Dr Emilio Lizardo: Wait till a parent claims this vaccine, that he never consented to, gave her baby autism. Then where will we be? I mean, unless you work for a news o... more »
    AldoraGreel: What are you supposed to tell those populations? "Oh, well, some of the bugs will kill you. Some will vaccinate you. Let all bugs bite you. Hope t... more »
    RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch!: I think the study itself focuses less on the idea of using insects as a vector for vaccine distribution and more on the idea that as with viral and ba... more »
    thexpert is no ones lapdog: "Our study gives vital clues about what kinds of changes would be needed in order for them to mutate and infect humans, potentially helping us to" mak... more »
    zenpoet: I am generally not a real word-monger, but it really should be called H1N1, especially by a science fiction site. The swine flu name has been absolut... more »
    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: No, mention of the inevitable zombieism? more »
  • #zombiemath

    A Mathematical Model for Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse

    We may think we know how best to eradicate the zombie threat, but movies and books give us, at best, an anecdotal account of how to deal with the undead. A new paper, however, offers mathematical models for human survival. More »
  • #madscience

    Get Your Malaria Vaccine Via Mosquito Bite

    Malaria kills over a million people a year, mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa where the infected mosquito population is out of control. Now, epidemiologists are developing a radical new mechanism for vaccinating at-risk populations: through mosquito bites. More »
  • #pandemic

    Good News! Your Nose Is Too Cold For Avian Flu.

  • #futureofanepidemic

    Scientists Offer Four Scenarios Predicting the Spread of Swine Flu

    Today epidemiologists have released four maps showing the way a flu pandemic will spread, depending on how nations respond with anti-viral drugs. Two scenarios demonstrate how to stop the spread of swine flu, fast. More »
  • #madscience

    Could a Vaccine Stop the Obesity Epidemic?

    Doctors say Americans are experiencing an "obesity epidemic" because so many more people are overweight today than they were even 20 years ago. Now research shows the epidemic may be caused by a (curable) virus. More »
  • #epidemiologyforthemasses

    Google the Next Emerging Pandemic With HealthMap

  • #megaepidemiology

    Disease Prediction Map Shows Where the Next Plague Will Hit

    This map shows the places in the world where the next deadly virus will probably begin its fatal sweep across the globe. Red areas are plague "hot spots," and green areas are regions where epidemics are least likely to break out. An international team of scientists came up with the map after years of exhaustive research into virus patterns. Researchers discovered that disease disasters have quadrupled over the past 50 years, and they have evidence showing which groups are most likely to spread a virulent disease. More »
  • #iamlegend

    Death Pie for "I Am Legend"

  • #predictions

    Do You Live In A Flu Epidemic Zone?

    Using the deadly SARS flu outbreak as a template, researchers have created a model that can predict the spread emerging global epidemics. A team of researchers in the US and Europe incorporated travel and census data from 3100 urban areas and 220 countries to figure out where a virus would travel and how fast. More »