So, if you're any sort of zombie buff, you probably know that zombies originated in the Caribbean region, where a special type of voodoo (or is it Houdin these days? I forget), was used to create them. But these zombies are not created by spiritual means at all (unless we're talking a Fulci movie). No, there is a little known formula that witch doctors use to enslave the living in a death-like thrall.
Karl at Great Moments in Science has tracked down the formula for one and all to see, and he describes it's chemical properties.
Now this is a different kind of zombie movie waiting to happen: a person is in danger, not from zombies themselves, but rather from being turned into one! Actually, that concept may have been done waaaay back when; I'll have to do some more research.
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Btw, party people, google lists this site as the number one site for the search term "zombie blog." Now if only people actually used that search term, we'd be a hit.
