Teaming up with University of Iowa researchers, scientists at Berkeley are this much closer to ushering in the Zombiepocalypse. This is good news!
Why? Because the seemingly benevolent mechanism that triggers doomsday—in movies, at least, where everything depicted is accurate—is a modified gene therapy virus that has cured cystic fibrosis, or at least in cultured lung tissue.
By the way, the modifications gave the virus the ability to easily avoid immune system defenses and become “highly infectious.” The rationale is that read more »
Today on “Trivial Things People Care About And Probably Shouldn’t,” we look at opposition to a proposed city ordinance attempting to give religious organizations the right to keep cremated human remains on their property. Pretty silly, huh? Well, maybe not.
The opposition, led by Americans United for Separation of Church and State, argues the law would essentially deny a right to the nonreligious, and thus be promoting religion in general. But the ashes of dead people? Well, yeah.
Berkeley does not allow mausoleums, graveyards or crematoriums within city limits due to possible health hazards—meaning, of course, the coming Zombiepocalypse.
It may not matter much, but read more »
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