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TV

Daybreak

Released last week, Daybreak is Netflix’s new comedy drama, following teenagers in a nuclear apocalypse which has killed anyone over 18, those adults who did survive became ‘ghoulies’ – zombie type creatures. Or did they? The apocalypse is a genre that has been looked into a lot recently –  some might say it’s been done […]

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Film

The Dead Don’t Die

The Dead Don’t Die, having received mixed reviews, is the most recent addition to American horror comedy: a genre dominated largely by Ruben Fleischer’s 2009 debut, Zombieland. The film has etched its way into cultural history, and so the only way to attempt to do a zombie-themed comedy movie appears to be by veering off […]

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Science

A mind of their own: the fungi that make insects do their bidding

An ant scuttles through the rainforest. Seemingly brainwashed, the ant is on a mission to ascend the nearest plant and clamp down hard on a leaf. Here the ant will remain for a few days until it dies, in what biologists call a “death grip”. You might think this seems like a weird thing for […]

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Film

Scout’s Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

It is hard to accuse Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse of not doing exactly what it says on the tin. When a zombie virus hits a small town, three scouts band together with a cocktail waitress to fight the undead and their social outcast status. It is not destined to be a classic of the “zom-com” […]