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The Last of Us episode 5 trailer is here. As usual, HBO has dropped a preview for next week's episode of the zombie apocalypse drama based on the eponymous Playstation video game, teasing a terrifying Bloater - the fourth and final evolutionary stage of the infected - a result of years of exposure to the Cordyceps fungi. Titled ‘Endure and Survive,' the upcoming episode is directed by Jeremy Webb (The Umbrella Academy) and will arrive two days early on HBO Max and HBO On Demand in the US, so it doesn't clash with the…

In a post COVID world, it’s safe to say that audiences might know a thing or two about infectious disease. Enter HBO’s new apocalyptic romp; The Last of Us. Set to release on Jan. 15, this remake of arguably the greatest video game of all time looks to terrify fans the world over. Discussing the upcoming show in an interview with Collider, co-creators Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin dive headfirst into the driving force behind their zombified American wasteland. Cordyceps. You know, fungi. Mushrooms, molds, and the yeast…

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Structure of a coronavirus. Credit: WikimediaA new study describes how the functioning of <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>RNA</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a polymeric molecule similar to DNA that is essential in various biological roles in coding, decoding, regulation and expression of genes. Both are nucleic acids, but unlike DNA, RNA is single-stranded. An RNA strand has a backbone…

A study of 26 years' worth of wolf behavioral data, and an analysis of the blood of 229 wolves, has shown that infection with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii makes wolves 46 times more likely to become a pack leader.The research shows that the effects of this parasite in the wild have been horrendously understudied – and its role in ecosystems and animal behavior underestimated.If you have a cat, you've probably heard of this parasite before. The microscopic organism can only reproduce in the bodies of felines, but it can…

Christmas season is right around the corner, but there’s only another week to go until we reunite with Santa Claus… well, a specific version of Santa Claus. Tim Allen is back as the bearded gift-giver in The Santa Clauses, the miniseries that will stream exclusively to Disney+ subscribers. Allen last played Scott Calvin in 2006’s The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, which earned significantly more negative critical reception compared to the first two movies. In fact, Allen has admitted that the reason for the…

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Recently, a crypto mining malware which was disguised as a Google Translate app, has been foraying into thousands of computers. According to a study by Check Point Research (CPR), this malware called the…

Image: HBO Remember the early days of the pandemic when everyone was stuck at home, utterly detached from the world and doom-scrolling as deaths would only rise? Isn’t that something you’d want to relive and enjoy a movie about to take your mind off of… the pandemic? 2020 saw a few early birds try and catch the COVID movie worm, and among those was the universally rejected film Songbird. Released a year after the virus was declared a pandemic, it was perhaps the ultimate example of “too soon” and just…

The latest development brings concerns for the city, which has reported over 7,000 COVID-19 cases for four consecutive days, as the new school year for primary and secondary schools is set to begin on September 1, as per local media reports. According to China's Global Times, Chuang Shuk-Kwan, director of the Communicable Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection of the HKSAR Government's Department of Health said that he found some infected children had developed…