More than half of Americans are turning into ‘Zoom zombies’ when they get behind the wheel

Are you a ‘Zoom zombie?’: More than half of Americans who drive a vehicle shortly after video chatting report being distracted – and Gen Z is the most dangerous group, a survey finds Approximately 54% of Americans turn into ‘Zoom zombies’ while driving This group is said to video chat right before getting behind the … Read more

Prozac is finding its way into waterways and turning fish into ZOMBIES, study reveals

Prozac that finds its way into waterways could be wiping out fish’s personality, according to a new study out of Australia. More than 250 million antidepressant prescriptions are filled in the US every year, including 20 million for Prozac, known generically as fluoxetine. Traces of the drug typically get into the water when people go … Read more

Zombies unleash on Sydney’s CBD for mystery film production

New local and Hollywood projects are popping up on a regular basis in Sydney.  And on Sunday, a new production potentially caused panic for surprised locals. A large group of realistic-looking zombies flooded the streets outside of the State Library at Macquarie Street.  What’s going on here? Zombies unleashed on Sydney’s CBD on Sunday, as rumours … Read more

JOHN HUMPHRYS: Dawn of the data zombies (and, yes, they do terrify me) 

For a moment, I thought I’d finally lost it. Can’t complain, I suppose. A lifetime in journalism is bound to take its toll eventually.  But not being able to remember my brother’s name? Or my eldest son’s? You’ll agree that is seriously worrying. I’m getting ahead of myself, though. I’d had an email from NS&I … Read more

SARAH VINE: I am cured of the urge to join the shopping zombies…

There is a scene in George A. Romero’s 1978 cult zombie classic Dawn Of The Dead, where survivors arrive at a post-apocalyptic shopping mall to discover it teeming with the infected, stumbling around closed shops, blindly riding the escalators in a grimly comedic ballet of gore. ‘But what are they all doing?’ asks the heroine.  … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Virus exposes the zombies

The current crash on financial markets feels very different to those of the past.  Even though the fallout for ordinary citizens from the 2008 banking crisis devastated incomes, it was not a matter of life and death in the Western democracies. Social safety nets, and the fact that most who live in developed countries enjoy … Read more