zombies

Running From Zombies For a Good Cause

Adam McCune — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:45:03 +0000

Recently, the small town of New Boston, New Hampshire hosted an unusual 5k race, in which runners were chased by zombies or “walkers,” as they’re called in the popular comic book and TV series “The Walking Dead.” But fear not, all the gore was for a good cause, as independent producer Adam McCune found out when he sent us this audio postcard.

Flight of the Living Dead

Virginia Prescott — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:20:25 +0000

Since 2006, Colony Collapse Disorder has drastically reduced honey bee populations across North America. In California, there’s another emerging threat to the hive that’s straight out of a B-horror film (see what we did there?), a parasite that’s turning honey bees into mindless automatons, or as they’re being called by some, “zom-bees."

Of Zombies and Ants

Taylor Quimby — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:04:45 +0000

Is a zombie apocalypse be scientifically possible? A bizzare, science-fictionesque fungal infection found in tropical ants got us wondering.

The New Running Game Where 'Zombies' Chase You

NPR Staff — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:39:00 +0000

The new iPhone app called "Zombies, RUN!" is not your standard running game.

It's designed to encourage folks, such as say, video gamers, who aren't usually associated with exercise to take up running.

British writer Naomi Alderman, who is a gamer herself as well as an Orange-award winning novelist, came up with the idea for "Zombies, RUN!" while in a class for amateur runners she tells weekends on All Things Considered guest host Mary-Louise Kelly.

"The start of the course they said to us, "Why do you want to learn how to run?" and one woman said, "I want to be able to out run