No not zombies (this time) but the top 10 articles about Brains from newscientist, some very interesting stuff in there.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16205-your-amazing-brain-top-10-articles-from-2008.html
An excerpt from one of the articles, taken slightly out of context.
WHEN four male experimental subjects were found peeking at explicit images of naked female bottoms on laboratory computer screens, you might have expected disciplinary action, a review of internet security, or at the very least a new batch of subjects. Not in this case. Instead, Michael Platt and his colleagues at Duke University, North Carolina, actually encouraged the voyeurs to keep looking. They set up a pay-per-view system and even tried bribing them to look at less desirable images, all the while monitoring their sleazy viewing habits in the name of science.
subjects where monkies by the way =)
December 10th, 2008 at 16:20
rofl … that excerpt tells a lot about how americans conduct their many "studies". The monkey's sleazy voyeurism goes right next to the one about "why a duck's quack has no echo" and a few others.
December 10th, 2008 at 16:39
That intrepid tester of suspicious stuff, Cecil Adams of the Straight Dope, assigned the "Ducks Quack" myth to one of his researchers. She disproved the myth in 1998 with a few friends, a duck, and a large courtyard conducive to echoes. Sure enough, the quack echoed (once they figured out how to make the duck quack, that is). Likewise, the good folks at the premiere urban legend resource, Snopes.com, have personally experienced the quacky echo of talkative ducks.
December 11th, 2008 at 11:40
*silenced*