This week, HBO dropped the first episode of the highly anticipated video game adaptation, The Last of Us, and introduced millions of viewers to a world overtaken by a jarringly realistic “zombie” ...
The zombie apocalypse depicted in the popular video game series and newly adapted HBO series “The Last of Us” derives from a mutation to a type of fungus called cordyceps. Surprise! Cordyceps is real.
What if a virus could turn you into something unrecognizable - a zombie? Why some real-world pathogens, like rabies or brain parasites, display terrifyingly similar traits. Who is studying this?