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Examining the zombie archetype in western culture and as a pop culture phenomenon.
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Dealing With The Guy Who's Clearly Hiding a Zombie Bite

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Which is worse: Being the first bitten in your group of survivors or the last?
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Equip Yourself With Slingshots For The Zombie Apocalypse

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When you think about how you would deal with a zombie invasion, the weapons that come to mind probably don't include slingshots. But if the story of David and Goliath has taught us anything it's that slingshots are pretty deadly.
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Sick idea: how rabies spawned vampires and zombies

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"What disturbs me is I smashed his mouth off, I smashed his teeth in, but he still wanted to continue in the attack mode. I was terrified at [its] resilience."

This gory description could...
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4 Ways Horse Meat Proves a Zombie Apocalypse Can Happen

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What's that? You have no idea how horse meat and a zombie wasteland could possibly be related? Well keep reading.
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Zombie Head Ice Cream Cups and Beer Mugs!?!

Have you ever thought how awesome it would be to eat your brain shaped ice cream directly out of a zombie head?!? Check it out :)
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UC Davis Study: Zombie Fads Tied To Feelings Of Disempowerment, Economic ... - CBS Local

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In the popular TV series “The Walking Dead,” humans struggle to escape from a pack of zombies hungry for flesh.
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Zombies meet politics: Drezner uses the living dead to dissect foreign policies - Binghamton University Pipe Dream

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Binghamton University Pipe Dream Zombies meet politics: Drezner uses the living dead to dissect foreign policies Binghamton University Pipe Dream Drezner, a professor at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, is the author of...
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Gun owners are obsessed with zombies

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Manufacturers are using the zombie apocalypse trend as a tongue-in-cheek marketing tactic VIDEO
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Foreigners take interest in Canadian politics, and all it took was zombies - National Post

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National Post Foreigners take interest in Canadian politics, and all it took was zombies National Post “Canada To Zombies: Drop Dead, Eh,” wrote National Public Radio soon after the exchange, adding “the undead aren't even welcome in the ever...
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Stanford scholar explains why zombie fascination is very much alive - Stanford Report

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Stanford Report Stanford scholar explains why zombie fascination is very much alive Stanford Report From the popularity of violent video games to the skyrocketing appeal of the zombie thriller TV show The Walking Dead, it seems like everyone is...
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Zombie Apocalypse Survival Tips for Jerks

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You’re convinced it’s coming and you think you’re prepared. You have a ZA Survival Plan and you’ve made sure every person in y0ur house is familiar with the plan. You know the best weapon, the safest location, and you have a food plan. You watch the news for any stories that might suggest a zombie attack.

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How would a zombie apocalypse affect the current sports landscape? - ESPN (blog)

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How would a zombie apocalypse affect the current sports landscape?
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Contraction in every league would be a necessity, what with many players becoming zombies. Fewer athletes equals fewer teams.
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The Evolution Of The Zombie - BuzzFeed

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In the beginning, zombies in film reflected traditional Haitian mythology: they were the reanimated dead, toiling under the control of a Voodoo master.
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Students create course on zombie history - The Stanford Daily

Students create course on zombie history
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Zombies may not have always been the brain-loving, dehumanized remnants of corpses that we now associate with “The Walking Dead” and other similar television shows.
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Stone Age people may have battled against a zombie apocalypse

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Discovery of skulls with their faces smashed in posthumously suggests Neolithic people believed the dead posed a threat to the living.
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5 Best Places To Hide From Zombies In The U.S. (PHOTOS)

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If and when the zombie apocalypse happens, a hipster hot spot like Brooklyn or San Francisco is the worst place to be.

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A zombie-bitten father tries to save his infant daughter in this bittersweet ... - io9

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So you've been bitten by a zombie. So long, conscious brain activity, hello craving for human meat.
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Amazingly well-written story for an Indy piece. Really touching. Thanks for sharing!
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Little Too Realistic Zombie Cake (Technically Rice Krispy ...

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This is the realistic looking zombie cake created by the Artisan Cake Company of Portland, Oregon. It's not really cake though, the body was made out of Rice Krispies (or possibly store-brand Crispy Rice), then covered with a ...
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Traci Arbios: On zombies, 'the bacon of the horror genre' - The Herald | HeraldOnline.com

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Not too long ago I learned that a United States Congressman addressed a group regarding public safety in the case of a zombie outbreak.
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10 Horror Characters You Need in Your Zombie Survival Group ...

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There's no denying that zombies are popular right now. The Walking Dead is the highest rated series on cable, scoring 12.3 million viewers during its mid-season premiere.
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'Zombie' Cells Created In New Mexico Lab Said To Outperform Living Ones In ... - Huffington Post

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Why We're Obsessed with the Zombie Apocalypse - Yahoo! News (blog)

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Why We're Obsessed with the Zombie Apocalypse
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Passwords Blamed for Fake Zombie Attack Alert - Emergency Management (blog)

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Passwords Blamed for Fake Zombie Attack Alert
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It appears someone figured out the factory-default password of certain encoders, and sent a fake zombie attack alert via EAS.
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Americans love zombies because they remind us of the Wild West - The Guardian

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The Walking Dead is immensely popular on TV and Warm Bodies is cleaning up at the box office.
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Introducing ‘Undead Teds’ — The Teddy Bears That Want To Eat Your Brains

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British artist Phillip Blackman's UndeadTeds are custom zombie teddy bears meant to scare the living bejesus out of you.
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Do zombies experience consciousness? - io9

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Do zombies experience consciousness?
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Do zombies experience consciousness? In most pop-zombie lore, zombies have been infected with a contagion that turns them into mindless, soulless monsters on the hunt for human flesh.
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