Toxoplasma Gondii Parasite Mind Control Toxoplasma Gondii Parasite Mind Control Half of the world's human population is infected with Toxoplasma. Parasites in the body - and the brain. Toxoplasma gondii is a common parasite found in the gut of cats; it sheds eggs that are picked up by rats and other animals that are eaten by cats. (Toxoplasma gondii) Oxford scientists discovered that the minds of the infected rats have been subtly altered. If the parasite can alter rat behavior, does it have any effect on humans? Toxoplasma infection is associated with damage to astrocytes, glial cells which surround and support neurons. Are parasites like Toxoplasma subtly altering human behavior? He reached past my shoulders with a rod. Still not sure that parasites can manipulate the behavior of host organisms? The lancet fluke Dicrocoelium dendriticum forces its ant host to attach to the tips of grass blades, the easier to be eaten. Scroll down for more stories in the same category. Follow this kind of news @Technovelgy. Current News
6 Insane Discoveries That Science Can't Explain The Giant Stone Balls of Costa Rica The Mystery: Costa Rica and a few surrounding areas are scattered with giant stone balls. They are smooth and perfectly spherical, or nearly so. Some of them are quite small, a few inches in diameter, but some of them are as large as eight feet in diameter weighing several tons. They have been chiseled to perfection by persons unknown, despite the fact that Costa Rica is still not scheduled to enter the Bronze Age until 2013. And God said, "It's nice, but could use some more purposeless balls." Some of the balls have been blasted apart by locals hoping to find gold, coffee beans, or even babies. Why Can't They Solve It? About the most useful information anyone has gotten is that there are not, under any circumstance, any quarries anywhere near the balls. Our Guess: In 1,000 years the eggs of the stone men will hatch, and their offspring will emerge to rule the Earth. The Baghdad Batteries Source. Take them to Egypt. And then someone forms the head.
5 Popular Zombie Survival Tactics (That Will Get You Killed) Everybody has a zombie contingency plan. A unique and ingenious stratagem they've spent hours contemplating that ensures they and their loved ones will stay alive in the event of a zombie apocalypse. The only problem? You've got the exact same essential plan as everybody else: go raid the gun store, get out of the cities as fast as possible, find a sturdy base to fortify and hole up in, use a melee weapon whenever possible to conserve ammo and--if the worst does come to pass and you find yourself facing down a crowd of the undead--take your time, aim carefully and make every shot a head shot. Jesus, you're not going to last five minutes. Here's why: #5. First things first: You need a firearm. The only problem being: So does everybody else. The closest gun shop to your house is also the closest gun shop to a thousand other people's houses, and at least a few dozen of them are going to get there before you. #4. One man's traffic jam is another's buffet line. #3. Not so much. Not like zombies.
Undead Labs » About State of Decay The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world. You choose where to make your stand, designing and fortifying your home base, performing daring raids for food and ammunition, and rescuing other playable survivors with unique talents. State of Decay is our ambitious zombie-survival open world game currently under development at Undead Labs for release on Xbox 360 / Xbox LIVE Arcade and PC. We’ve all sat around with friends, debating the best ways to survive the zombie apocalypse. Here’s what you can expect to see in State of Decay: Zombie Survival What if society came screeching to a halt? Sweet Action Move through the world like a zombie-slaying badass. An Evolving World See More See more screenshots, concept art, and gameplay trailers in the State of Decay gallery. Learn More Who Do You Think You Are?
5 Guilty Pleasures The Web Killed While You Weren't Looking We're guessing not a single person reading this would be willing to take a time machine and go back and live in the pre-Internet era. Some of us start showing signs of physical withdrawal within 10 minutes of losing our iPhone. Yet... there are things we miss about the world before the World Wide Web. Guilty pleasures that a less connected world used to let us get away with. The odds are none of you have ever, say, robbed a liquor store or assassinated a public figure. But we've all broken the law, if only to sneak a beer before the statute said we were old enough, or to paint a dong on an abandoned bridge. Ah, but now you're living in the future, where the cops can use the miracle of social networking to nail you for crimes you didn't think anyone really gave a shit about. Let's say you've gone off to college and, though you're still two years under age, you attend a party and have 27 beers. It turns out the cute girl was actually a cop. Hiding Your Stupid Past Grandpa, 1938. Mom? "Huh.
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (mad-cow) Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a form of brain damage that leads to a rapid decrease of mental function and movement. Causes CJD is thought to be caused by a protein called a prion. There are several types of CJD. CJD can be grouped into two types: classic or new variant disease. The classic types of CJD are: Sporadic CJD makes up most cases. Classic CJD is not related to mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalitis). However, variant CJD (vCJD) is a form of the disease that is related to mad cow disease. Variant CJD accounts for less than 1% of cases, and it tends to affect younger people. Variant CJD can be caused by exposure to contaminated products. CJD may be related to several other diseases caused by prions, including: Chronic wasting disease (found in deer)Kuru (seen in New Guinea women who ate the brains of dead relatives as part of a funeral ritual)Scrapie (found in sheep)Other rare human diseases, such as Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease and fatal familial insomnia
The First Zombie-Proof House Somehow, ritual drunk-conversation concerning team captains for the apocalypse has become a major part of the lives of 20-somethings. Having been matured in the Grandaddy-crowned masterpiece film (put “A.M. 180” on and forget that you have a job) 28 Days Later and the best-selling Zombie Survival Guide, we’re all a little too ready to deal with the 2012 zombie apocalypse of our dreams. “The Safe House,” designed by KWK Promes, starts to get eerily close to something I could work with, if say 200 bludgeoned members of the undead army came over to eat their way into borrowing some sugar. “The most essential item for our clients was acquiring the feeling of maximum security,” begins the designers’ website in the summary of the structure. The house, with its movable walls, has only one entrance, which is located on the second floor after crossing a drawbridge.
7 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Outbreak Would Fail (Quickly) Let's pretend for a moment that zombies are real (as if half of you weren't already daydreaming about that very thing). Have you noticed how most zombie movies take place only after the apocalypse is in full-swing? By the time we join our survivors, the military and government are already wiped out, and none of the streets are safe. There's a reason the movie starts there, and not earlier. It's because the early part, where we go from one zombie to millions, doesn't make any sense. If you let the creeping buzzkill of logic into the zombie party, you realize the zombies would all be re-dead long before you even got a chance to fire up that chainsaw motorcycle you've been working on. #7. Do you know why we, as humans, are at the top of the current food chain? We are simply too smart and too well-armed for any wild animal to hunt. If you're saying, "Sure, but it's not like my city is full of bears that can come eat all the zombies," you need to think smaller. #6. #5. Look at it. #4.
Dead Frontier Dead Frontier is a free-to-play, browser-based massively multiplayer online game which takes place in a post-apocalyptic, zombie-infested setting. It is operated by Creaky Corpse Ltd.[1][2] Neil Yates is the creator and developer of the game[3] Dead Frontier was released for open beta on April 21, 2008,[4][5] and currently has over ten million registered accounts.[6][third-party source needed] Gameplay[edit] Dead Frontier 3D version screenshot[7] depicting players in the Inner City at the helicopter crash site. Dead Frontier takes place in Fairview City, a post-apocalyptic setting which is infested with zombies.[10] As a co-op game, the survivors are able to fight the zombie hordes together and enter outposts spread through the city, safe havens for living and doing business, as well as barricade buildings to make personal outposts.[11][12] Travel in the city is made on foot. Players are shown on the screen in the outpost as customizable avatars. Items[edit] HatsMasksShirtsPantsCoats