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    Would the Human Race Survive a Zombie Attack? Scientists Say it's Unlikely
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    (the question mark is part of his surname and not a typographical mistake) and colleagues wrote: "We model a zombie attack using biological assumptions based on popular zombie movies. We introduce a basic model for zombie infection and illustrate the outcome with numerical solutions." In order to give humans a better shot, the scientists focused on the classic depiction of zombies: ie, slow moving and stupid, as opposed to modern variants that are fast, cunning, and more dangerous. Full Article at Treehugger
    We model a zombie attack using biological assumptions based on popular zombie movies. We introduce a basic model for zombie infection and illustrate the outcome with numerical solutions.
    SOURCE: Treehugger 5 months ago
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Would the Human Race Survive a Zombie Attack? Scientists Say it's Unlikely
  1. When you try to model an unfamiliar disease, you try to find out what's happening, try to approximate it. You then refine it, go back and try again. We refined the model again and again to say... here's how you would tackle an unfamiliar disease.
    SOURCE: Treehugger 5 months ago
  2. None of them actually cause large-scale death or disease, but certainly there are some fungal infections which are difficult to eradicate.
    SOURCE: Treehugger 5 months ago
  3. hit them [the undead] hard and hit them often. It's imperative that zombies are dealt with quickly or else... we are all in a great deal of trouble.
    SOURCE: Treehugger 5 months ago

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