How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse

Forget Millo Jovovich. In case you were worried about the dead rising and feasting on your brains, several mathematicians have come to your rescue. Models for epidemiological outbreaks have never before included those diseases that may cause the undead to rise. Fortunately, thanks to this article in Wired, the oversight has now been corrected. So get out your survival gear: shovels, shotguns, gumball machines and your old LP collections, because in a population of 500,000 you got to get rid of all those pesky zombies within 72 hours -- or you become the menu.