Halloween (Oct 31)

Check out this New York Times slideshow showing how an extra for the Walking Dead is made up to look like a zombie.

Sure, you know Frankenstein the cultural phenomenon, but how much do you know about the novel that started it all?

You'll learn about romantic vs Romantic, the latter of which is a literary movement.

Mike Rugnetta will guide you through the fine line between a magical creature and a monster. Spoiler alert: like 60% of the time, the difference is that monsters eat people.

This website has some illustrations of the amazing work that can be done with makeup. Get the tricks and techniques you need to do your own zombie costume.

According to this article, the fascination with the end of the world and a zombie apocalypse can be traced to the advent of nuclear warfare during World War II. Learn about the continuing popularity of zombies in video games, TV shows and pop culture.

What style of animation perfectly mimics the movement of zombies? The TED-Ed animators in this video show how to bring a zombie to life through 2D puppet animation.

This continues the zombie theme as it follows up on a previous TED discussion about how the brain and body work together and influence behaviour.

So, what may have happened to their brains to cause zombies to act the way they do? Here is an interesting (and hypothetical) discussion of the brain activities of zombies.

Can geography save your life in case of, say, a zombie apocalypse?

Trace the origins of zombies from the Afro-Haitian religion of vodou, and discover how zombification was a reflection of slavery.

This fantastic calculator will help you determine the rate of a zombie apocalypse. Figure out what it will take for humanity to survive! It also provides you with 5 tips for surviving the zombie apocalypse.

This science article explores some of the behaviours and characteristics of zombie-like animals that exist in nature.

This 11-slide presentation (with presenter notes below) "looks at the history of zombies in literature and why they have such ongoing appeal". (site)